Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: SEMANTICS: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MEANING

Department: Psychology

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): PSYC 101 AND PSYC 203 AND LING 200 or permission of instructor

Description: Introduction to basic approaches to the study of meaning in linguistics and related fields. Includes the cognitive representation of meaning, lexical categorization, conceptual structures, metaphor/metonymy, meaning change, pragmatic inference, and the relation of language and mind. Cross-list: LING 315.