Semantics
Objectives
a) to set the limits of the study of semantics;
b) to identify proposals that allow for the adequate treatment of forms and constructions available in natural languages;
c) to establish the relations among different grammatical categories;
d) to characterize the heterogeneous phenomena that relate the stability with the deformability of forms and constructions in the various languages;
e) to establish points of interface between semantics and other areas such as the philosophy of language, the syntax and the pragmatics.
General characterization
Code
02112295
Credits
5.0
Responsible teacher
Helena Virgínia Topa Valentim
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - 140
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
N/A
Bibliography
- Binnick, R. I. (ed) 2012. The Oxford Handbook of Tense and Aspect. Oxford: OUP; Campos M. H. 1997. Tempo, aspecto e modalidade. Porto: Porto Editora;
- Culioli, A. 1995. Cognition and representation in linguistic theory. Amsterdam /Philadelphia: J. Benjamins;
- Dabrowska, E. & D. Dvjak. 2019.Cognitive Linguistics - Foundations of Language. Boston/Berlin:
- Walter de Gruyter. Gundel, J. & B. Abbott (eds) 2019. The Oxford Handbook of Reference. Oxford: OUP;
- Martinich, A. P. 1990. (ed). The Philosophy of language. Oxford: OUP; Nuyts, J. & J. van der Auwera (eds.) 2016. TheOxford Handbook of Modality and Mood. Oxford: OUP.
Teaching method
The topics that are proposed for study, reflection and discussion in this seminar are scheduled in the beginning of the semester and prepared in advance based on the reading of the recommended bibliography. In tutorial sessions, the personal work of the students will be regularly monitored and subject to evaluation.
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment - A written original report and its oral presentation(60%), Active participation in the seminar sessions, according to the planned activities(10%), Discussion of theoretical articles, according to the syllabus(30%)
Subject matter
1. Perspectives and theoretical frameworks in the semantic analysis;
2. Universals and invariants: the study of grammatical categories;
3. Forms and values of tenses in various natural languages;
4. Mood, modality and modal values;
5. Case studies: (I) interactions between modality and tense; (ii) transcategoriality and interfaces in semantic analysis.