Course Description

French 479a/b Semantics in French

Introduces the major problems relating to meaning in natural languages, with particular attention to French. The discussion of different levels of linguistic analysis and their contribution to meaning leads to the exploration of notions such as semantic features, lexical decomposition, compositionality, thematic roles, verbal aspect, pragmatics and truth values.

Prerequisites: French 397a/b or permission of the Department.

3 lecture hours, half course.

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