ُENG 400 semantics & pragmatics

This course introduces the meaning of semantics and the meaning of pragmatics and the difference between them. Major topics include word meaning and sentence meaning and deixis, reference, presupposition, conversational implicature and speech acts.

1. Demonstrate knowledge of what semantics is. 2. Demonstrate knowledge of what pragmatics is. 3. Be able to explain the difference between semantics and pragmatics. 4. Explain compositional meaning via discussing word meaning and sentence meaning. 5.Explain contextual meaning via discussing deixis, presupposition, conversational implicature, and theory of politeness