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This course offers an introduction to semantics, starting out from the basic concepts and notions that were discussed in the Introduction to Linguistics (Module 1) and linking them to modern semantic theory-building (thus preparing students for the courses in the optional linguistics modules). Students will be initiated to theoretical approaches to semantics, which includes a gentle introduction to the logical representation systems for semantics. We will also broach the role of semantics in the overall structure of the language system, hence, will investigate the syntax-semantics interface, which handles constructing the meaning of syntactically complex constituents on the basis of their syntactic structure.
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