Meaning matters

The aim of the seminar is to make students familiar with contemporary research on topics in semantics and pragmatics, and the interfaces with other fields. This course offers an opportunity to further one's knowledge of the discipline, and to test and apply one's skills on real data. The specific content varies each year.                                         

On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:             

• read and comment contemporary literature on semantics and pragmatics in theoretical linguistics and psycholinguistics.
• contribute to original research in the domain of semantics and pragmatics.
• assess critically research proposals

Knowledge of theoretical semantics and pragmatics is required, as provided e.g., by the S2 class "semantic analysis"