Linguistics 510 - Intro To Semantics

Fall
2024
01
4.00
Ana Cristina Arregui

TU TH 10:00AM 11:15AM

UMass Amherst
31716
Hasbrouck Lab Add room 109
ana@linguist.umass.edu
With lab. Introduction to the investigation of meaning from a linguistic, philosophical, and psychological point of view. How do words get their meanings, and how do we combine simple meanings to create complex ones? How can new meanings be created on the spot? What does context contribute to meaning? How are meanings connected to syntactic structure and intonation? Prerequisite: LINGUIST 201 and 401.

PreReq: Linguist 201 & 401 please remove this note - this course no longer fulfills the JYW requrement.

Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.