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The successful participant will (i) have acquired command of the basic theoretical concepts of syntax, semantics, pragmatics and the interface between these areas; (ii) be able to apply these concepts to given and self-collected empirical data; (iii) be familiar with core methods of data collection in these areas; (iv) be able to write a research paper in these areas.
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This course integrates three key areas of the study of human language: form (syntax), meaning (semantics) and use (pragmatics). In particular, it addresses those aspects of syntactic structure that have an effect on meaning composition and those aspects of meaning that have systematic effects on syntactic structure. Moreover, it places linguistic ‘form’ and ‘meaning’ in the context of ‘use’ by addressing function of meaning in a communicative setting: speakers’ and listeners’ knowledge. Interactions between form, meaning and use will be studied mainly on the basis of examples from English and Dutch.
This course is the first course in specialization Theories of English.
LAS and TCS students who follow this course as part of the core curriculum of their major need to complete a compulsory preparation course/assignment. See students.uu.nl/gw/tcs for more information.
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