Semantics and Pragmatics

Education facts

Code: 5LN230

The course introduces the scientific description of linguistic meaning and a historical review of various approaches to the description of purpose in language. This includes basic semiotics, lexical and compositional semantics are both discussed. The course also contains extensions and extensional analysis (set theory), definitions and prototypes, an introduction to truth-value semantics and logical analysis as well as the relationship between semantics and pragmatics. The course also treats basic pragmatics such as presupposition, tropes (for example, irony, metaphor and metonymy), speech acts, conversational maxims and implicatures.

Entry requirements

Linguistics I, 7.5 credits, or 30 credits in a language subject

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Semantics and Pragmatics

  Uppsala University

  Uppsala

  Start date: 18 January 2027

  End date: 28 March 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %