Course Description:
This course introduces students to the field of Semantics. It covers different areas and topics within semantics such as
hyponymy, synonymy, antonymy, polysemy, reference, sentence, utterance, proposition, predicates and other topics. It
introduces students to meaning at the levels of the sentence and speech act. It also introduces componential analysis
and language universals..
Course Objectives:
- Enable students to have a clear idea about Semantics and analyze sentences semantically;
- Introduce students to different usages and production of natural language;
- Assist students to know reference, sentence, utterance, proposition and predicate among other topics;
- Distinguish between classes of words; and
- Apply context to meaning and semantic ambiguity.