SEMANTICS AND

PRAGMATICS
Lecture’s ID:

Ulfah Syam, S.S.,M.Pd.

NIDN. 0914127804
ADDRESS: BTP
HP: 0821-9999-9118
Universitas Bosowa
Course Identity

• Study Programme: English

1 Education Department

• Course: Semantics and

2 Pragmatics
• Code of the
3 course/Semester/credit:
614PE3/VI/3 SKS
Objective of the Course:
• Students will achieve competency in introducing studies
on meaning in language, indicated by an awareness of
the various aspects of meaning in language and
experience and ability in analyzing meaning in verbal
communication.
• Students will have knowledge of pragmatic theory, they
able to apply pragmatic theory to discourse and context,
they can apply pragmatic theory to discourse teaching,
and have a good attitude towards language development
in various social contexts in fostering good language and
literary attitudes for students as prospective teachers.
 
COURSE DESCRIPTION
• Semantics and Pragmatics provides an introductory study
on meaning in language with a focus on English, covering
such topics as propositions, referring expressions, universes
of discourse, synonyms, antonyms, hyponyms, homonymy,
polysemy, derivation, participant roles, and speech acts,
using language in social interaction, and the effects their
use of language has on the other participants in an act of
communication and also examines the application of
pragmatic study in English language teaching and learning.
Topics to discuss include deixis, conversational implicature,
presuppositions, discourse structure, and pragmatics in
English language teaching, Pragmatics and Philosophy of
Language and Pragmatics and language Acquisition.
Evaluation
• Soft Skills:
Discipline, Confidence, Communicative
Politeness, Able to work together, and
Creative.
• Hard Skills:
Presence, Group-Individual Assignments, Mid
Test, Final Test
Course Outline
I. Lecture Contract and Syllabus
II. Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics
III. Types of Meaning and Basic Notion in
Semantics and Pragmatics
IV. Reference and Sense
V. Predicate and Aspect
VI. Deixis and Lexical Relations
VII.Participant Roles and Derivation
VIII.Mid Test
IX. Cooperation and Conversational Implicature
X. Presuppositions and Entailments
XI. Speech Act
XII. Discourse Structure and Discourse Culture
XIII. Pragmatics and English Language Teaching
XIV. Pragmatics and the Philosophy of Language
XV. Pragmatics and Language Acquisition
XVI. Final Test
References:
• Alan D, Crues. 2000. Meaning in Language. An Introduction
to Semantics and Pragmatics. Oxford University Press.
• George Yule. 1996. Pragmatics: New York: Oxford University
Press. (Wajib)
• Griffiths Patrick, 2006. An Introduction to English Semantics
and Pragmatics. Edinburgh University Press.
• Hurford, James R et al. 2007. Semantics: A Coursebook.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Wajib)
• Laurence.R Horn and Gregory Ward. 2006. The Handbook
of Pragmatics. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing (Wajib)
• Kreidler, Charles W. 1998. Introducing English Semantics.
London: Routledge. (Wajib)
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