1ENG311
Topic outline
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Conceptions of meaning
Semantic space
Semantic fields
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Assignment
This assignment tests your understanding of referring expressions and deixis.
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This start explains reference, referring expression and deixis in brief. Audio starts after 30 seconds.
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This lecture deals with the first conception of meaning: Word→Thing.
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This lecture deals with the first conception of meaning: Word→Thing
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Word→Concepts→Things
Stimuli→Word→Response
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Topics for scheduling
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Semantic space
Semantic field
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Osgood Semantic differential
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Fields of meaning
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Quiz
Conceptions of meaning
Semantic space
Semantic field
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Good students go through these notes please. It's just an intentional reiteration.
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Assignment
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Assignment
Dear students, kindly find your learning material herewith uploaded and go through it in preparation for lectures ahead and the quiz we agreed on. The quiz will be written next week.
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Quiz
1ENG311 Quiz on Friday, the 25th of March 2022.
The quiz will be open from 8:00am until 11:00am.
Each student has 60 minutes to complete the quiz with only two attempts permitted.
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Assignment
Instructions
Formulate groups of five (5) student member each to write this assignment.
Consider the mark allocated to each question to determine the extent of the answer.
Ensure that every member contributes to the answering of the questions. Enlist the names and student numbers of the participants on the cover of the assignment.
DO NOT include non-participants in the list.
Use your own examples in every case.
Plagiarism of any form will be severely penalized.
Correct application of language and originality of answers will be greatly credited.
Use Arial font, size 12 and 1.5 spacing.
Submit your work in the WORD FORMATION document.
Keep the submission date in mind: 11 MAY 2022
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Instructions:
(i) All students enrolled for 1ENG311/ AENG311 in 2022 are expected to complete the quiz.
(ii) Answer all questions.
(iii) The quiz will open from 9:00am until 13:00pm, on the 13th of May 2022.
(iv) Each candidate has 60 minutes to complete the quiz.
(vi) Each candidate has a maximum of 2 attempts to complete the quiz within the open period.
N.B.: Plagiarism will be severely penalised.
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Denotative Meaning
Connotative Meaning
Thematic Meaning
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Thematic meaning
Connotative meaning
Denotative meaning
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Sentence
Utterance
Tokens
Propositions
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Utterance,
Sentence,
Token
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Propositions
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Assignment
Sentence
Utterance
Proposition
Token
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Reference
Referring expression
Sense
Sense relations
Deixis
Entailment
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Quiz
This quiz covers sense relations in general and synonymy in particular.
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This audio will assist you in understanding sense slides and in taking the quiz.
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This audio presents hyponymy and antonymy as other forms of sense relations.
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This audio presents contradictoriness, homonymy, homophony, polysemy, ambiguity, referential versatility, referential vagueness and metonymy.
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This sense relation focuses on the truthfulness of propositions.
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Locutions
Illocutions
Perlocutions
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This audio lecture introduces Pragmatics and Illocutionary Act.
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This audio lecture proceeds from Locutions to look into Illocutions and Perlocutions. It them looks into the Act of Assertion - an Illocutionary Act.
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This audio lecture explains how utterances do not only describe the state of affairs.
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Sentence Types
Sentence Function
Direct & Indirect Illocutions
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Sentence types
Sentence functions
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Directives
Representatives
Commissives
Expressives
Declaratives
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Directives
Commissives
Representatives
Expressives
Declarations
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Preparatory
Sincerity
Essential
Content
General
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Sincerity, content, general, essential, preparatory
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Sincerity, content, general, essential, preparatory
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Maxims
Conversational Implicature
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Maxim of manner, Maxim of quality, Maxim of relevance, Maxim of quantity
Conversational implicature
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Verbs that describe an action and perform it at the same time versus those that only describe the state of affairs.
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Audio lecture explain verbs that describe the action whilst simultaneously performing it versus those that only describe the state of affairs.
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