Filologia 2010-2011 - Gredos - Universidad de Salamanca

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Guía Académica 2010-2011 Facultad de Filología
Universidad de Salamanca
14954-SEMÁNTICA INGLESA
Asignatura Obligatoria. Primer Semestre. 6 créditos
Profa. Pilar Alonso Rodríguez
COURSE OUTLINE
1. INTRODUCTION: Semantics as the study of meaning
2. CONSTRUCTING MEANING:
2.1 COGNITIVE SEMANTICS: 2.1.1 General aspects of conceptualization, categorization and representation: Prototypes, frames, mental
spaces and mental models. 2.1.2 The conceptual theory of metaphor. 2.1.3 Blending theory. 2.1.4 The conceptual integration network model
2.2. DISCOURSE SEMANTICS. 2.2.1 Text and discourse as units of communication: Structure and functions. 2.2.2 The semantic constituents
of discourse: Cohesion and coherence. 2.2.3 Cohesive devices: Reference, substitution, ellipsis, conjunction, lexical cohesion. 2.2.4 Discourse
coherence: Local and global coherence, types of meaning relations, the hierarchical organization of the information, the concept of
macrostructure, the notions of theme, topic and comment.
3. INTERPRETING MEANING. 3.1 The process of interpretation 3.2 Knowledge structures. 3.3 The concept of superstructure. 3.4 The
process of inferring. 3.5 Cognition, language, and context.
BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
In preparation for each lesson students will be required to read extracts from the following books:
Alonso, P. (2005). Semantics. A Discourse Perspective. Oviedo: Septem.
Beaugrande, R. de & W. Dressler (1981). Introduction to Text Linguistics. London: Longman.
Fauconnier, G. (1997). Mappings in Thought and Language. Cambridge: Cambridge U.P.
Fauconnier G. and M. Turner (2002). The Way We Think. Conceptual Blending and the Mind’s Hidden Complexities. New York: Basic Books.
Halliday, M.A.K. (1985). An Introduction to Functional Grammar. London: Arnold.
Lakoff, G. (1987). Women Fire and Dangerous Things. What Categories Reveal about the Mind. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Lakoff, G. and M. Johnson (1980). Metaphors We Live By. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Schiffrin D., D. Tannen and H. Hamilton (Eds.) (2001). Handbook of Discourse Analysis. Oxford: Blackwell.
van Dijk, T. A. (Ed.) (1997). Discourse as Structure and Process. London: Sage.
14955-PRAGMÁTICA INGLESA /ENGLISH PRAGMATICS
Asignatura Obligatoria. Primer Semestre. 6 créditos
Profa. Consuelo Montes Granado
PROGRAMME
1. Defining the scope of pragmatics.
2. Presupposition. Linguistic and non-linguistic pragmatic presupposition.
3. Language as action: speech acts. Locutionary, illocutionary and perlocutionary levels.