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Academic Year: 2017/18

427 - Degree in Spanish

28028 - Semantics and Pragmatism of Spanish


Teaching Plan Information

Academic Year:
2017/18
Subject:
28028 - Semantics and Pragmatism of Spanish
Faculty / School:
103 - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Degree:
427 - Degree in Spanish
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
2
Semester:
427 - Second semester
580 - First semester
Subject Type:
Compulsory
Module:
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5.1. Methodological overview

See "Learning activities " and "Syllabus".

More information will be provided on the first day of class.

5.2. Learning tasks

  • Theoretical lectures.
  • Practical lectures.
  • Individual work.
  • Personal study.
  • Assessment activities.

5.3. Syllabus

Syllabus

 

1. The study of meaning in Spanish. Types of meaning. Semantics and other linguistic disciplines.

 

2. Lexical semantics (I). Lexical meaning: definition and characteristics. The structured nature of the Spanish lexicon. Lexical fields. Semantic fields.

 

3. Lexical semantics (II). Semantic relationships: synonymy, homonymy, polysemy, antonymy, hypernymy, hyponymy, cohyponymy.

 

4. Grammatical semantics (I). The grammatical meaning.

 

5. Grammatical semantics (II). Semantic functions in Spanish.

 

6 The role of pragmatics in the description of Spanish.

 

7. Basic concepts of pragmatics applied to the study of Spanish.

 

8. Theoretical trends in linguistic pragmatics.

 

9. Some aspects of pragmatics applied to Spanish.

5.4. Course planning and calendar

See the academic calendar of the University of Zaragoza (http://academico.unizar.es/calendario-academico/calendario) and the website of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts (Schedule of classes: https://fyl.unizar.es/horario-de-clases#overlay-context=horario-de-clases; Examination schedule: https://fyl.unizar.es/calendario-de-examenes#overlay-context=)

More information will be provided on the first day of class.