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    This document outlines the syllabus for a semantics course taking place from May 10 to June 21, 2018. It includes the required textbook and references, contact information for the lecturer, a weekly schedule of lessons and assigned readings, and notes on assessments. The course will cover topics like basic ideas in semantics, reference and sense, logic, and word meaning over 5 chapters. Students will have weekly progress tests and a midterm test to assess their understanding incrementally, and a final exam will account for 60% of the overall grade. Active participation in class discussions is also acknowledged.

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    SYLLABUS

    Subject: SEMANTICS (D01)


    Time: Thursday, 10 May – 21 June, 2018
    Textbook:
    - Hurford, J. R., Heasley, B., & Smith, M. B., Semantics: A Course Book, 2nd ed., CUP,
    2007.
    Reference:
    - Hurford, J. R., & Heasley, B., Realms of Meaning: An Introduction to Semantics,
    Longman, 1993.
    - http://jos.oxfordjournals.org/
    - http://www.generalsemantics.org/
    - http://www.websemanticsjournal.org/index.php/ps
    - http://www.springerlink.com/content/102969/
    Lecturer: Nguyễn Hồng Oanh, MA.
    Email: oanhnh@buh.edu.vn
    Tel: 0919 68 20 86

    DATE LESSONS NOTE


    Chapter 1: BASIC IDEAS IN SEMANTICS
    Week 15 1. About semantics
    10 May 2. Sentences, utterances, and propositions
    3. Reference and sense
    Chapter 2: FROM REFERENCE …
    1. Referring expressions
    Week 16 2. Predicates PROGRESS TEST 1
    17 May 3. Predicates, referring expressions, and universe of 20 minutes
    discourse
    4. Words and things, Extension and Prototypes
    Chapter 3: … TO SENSE
    Week 17 1. Sense properties and stereotypes
    25 May 2. Sense relations (1)
    3. Sense relations (2)
    Week 18 MIDTERM TEST
    REVIEW 1
    31 May 30 minutes
    Chapter 4: LOGIC PROGRESS TEST 2
    Week 19 1. About logic 20 minutes
    07 June 2. A notions for simple propositions (At the end of the
    3. Connectives: and and or lesson)
    1
    4. More connectives
    Week 20
    No class (CLASS MEETING)
    14 June
    Chapter 5: WORD MEANING
    1. About dictionaries
    Week 21 2. Meaning postulates PROGRESS TEST 3
    21 June 3. Properties of predicate 20 minutes
    4. Derivation
    REVIEW 2

    Reminders: No excuses are accepted in any case.


     Students must have the textbook in class.
     Absence must be informed ONE week before the intended date. Absence on the test
    date means ZERO for the test.
     There are THREE progress tests on the pre-decided date. This test covers all of the
    content in the previous sessions.
     Active class participation is acknowledged.

    Assessment:
    Progressive assessment 40%
     Active class participation (10%)
     Midterm test (30%)
     Progress tests (60%)
    Final exam 60%

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