LING 509

Spring 2010 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 19-May 5

Topics in Cognitive Ling

Credit: 4 hours.

Analyzes the nature of linguistic semantic categories and their implications for theories of grammar; examining the issues and controversies surrounding frame semantics, decompositional semantics, prototype theory, and conceptual metaphor.

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LING 509 class schedule data for spring 2010
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	52727	Lecture-Discussion	MT	3:00PM -5:50PM	W	Foreign Languages Building	Terkourafi, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/10-05/05/10 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: Course Content: The basic principles of cognitive linguistics (continuity of linguistic & world knowledge, prototype structure, frame/schematic organization) are introduced and exemplified through the analysis of particular phenomena. In addition, issues in linguistic relativity, conceptual metaphor theories, Relevance Theory, and Construction Grammar(s) are discussed.