Studies in Linguistic Meaning

Tahun Akademik:
Genap 2024/2025
Kelas-Offr:
F-F
Deskripsi:
This course is designed not only to assist students in mastering the theory of English Semantics as the foundation of English language and literature, but also to provide information on issues to do with pragmatics that is dynamically related to and is applicable in real life situations. The topics in this course include structural semantics and lexicology, the interdependence between semantics and pragmatics, speech act theory, conversational maxims, communicative events, the pragmatics of politeness and critical discourse analysis. The course allows students to explore the topics related to studies on meanings and work on mini research project both individually and groups, employing ICT and all resources available under the supervision of the course convenor.
Capaian Pembelajaran

• Explain the foundational concepts of semantics and pragmatics and how these interact in studying the language and its phenomena
• Differentiate word meanings as construals of external reality by discussing word senses, lexical sense relations, and components of lexical meaning
• Compare word meanings based on its usage and its contexts by discussing reference and deixis, speech acts, and implicature
• Develop a 700 – 1000 word of expository essay about the selected topic.

Daftar Pustaka:

• Kroeger, P.R. (2022). Analyzing meaning: An introduction to semantics and pragmatics. 3rd edition (Textbooks in Language Sciences 5). Berlin: Language Science Press.
• Cruse, A. (2000). Meaning in language: An introduction to semantics and pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Enfield, N.J. (2003). The definition of WHAT-d'you-call-it: Semantics and pragmatics of recognitional deixis. Journal of Pragmatics, 35, 101 – 117.
• Gillon, B.S. (2008). On the semantics/pragmatics distinction. Synthese, 165(3), 373 – 384.
• Goddard, C. (2015). “Swear words” and “curse words” in Australian (and American) English. At the crossroads of pragmatics, semantics and sociolinguistics. Intercultural Pragmatics, 12(2), 189-218.
• Huang, Y.T., & Snedeker, J. (2009). Semantic meaning and pragmatic interpretation in 5-year-olds evidence from real-time spoken language comprehension. Developmental Psychology, 45 (6), 1723-1739.
• Javidaneh, A., Karimipour, F. & Alinaghi, N. (2020). How much do we learn from addresses: On the syntax, semantics and pragmatics of addressing systems. International Journal of Geo-Information, 9, 317.
• Niekerk, A. (2020). A semantic-pragmatic approach to sentence structure in advertising language. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, 38(3), 185 – 199.
• Nurdiyanto, E. & Resticka, G.A. (2021). Swear words as a tool of evidence for investigation of verbal crimes (Semantic and Pragmatic based forensic linguistic study). Jurnal Gramatika: Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia, 7(1), 43 – 56.