Course English Semantics And Pragmatics

Course Description

The lesson deals with linguistic meaning, types of basic elements to make reference in characterizing the meanings of words or other linguistic units, types of relevant data, and how to evaluate the various possible types of data and how word meanings change. Theoretical topics covered include categorization construal acquisition of concepts metaphor blending metonymy compositionality mental spaces lexical semantic change. Various semantic domains will be examined in connection with these topics, eg color terms, kinship, dimensional terms, verb meaning but two domains will be treated in depth from various perspectives: the semantics of everyday concepts, and the semantics of space and motion. For pragmatics theoretical frameworks are speech acts, implicature, presupposition, relevant theory, cooperative principles, politeness principles, references, deixies, contexts and co-texts. The final project is documenting the short functional texts that are found in the public areas to interpret the communication functions.

Program Objectives (PO)

Being able to analyze and evaluate semantic and pragmatic concepts through collaborative discussions and reflective learning, demonstrating ongoing self-development and effective communication

Being able to apply key concepts and theories of English Semantics and Pragmatics to analyze and explain various real-world language phenomena.
Being able to examine the appropriate approaches in meaning to analyze spoken and written text

Aktifitas Pembelajaran

Pertemuan 1
By presenting Semantics definition, Meaning and the Dictionary
Date 6 Februari 2026
Pertemuan 2
By presenting Meaning and context External context: sense and reference
Date 13 Februari 2026
Pertemuan 3
Being able to identify the sentence and proposition
Date 20 Februari 2026
Pertemuan 4
To understand the scope of meaning II: interpersonal context
Date 27 Februari 2026
Pertemuan 5
To analyze and distinguish meanings in clauses
Date 6 Maret 2026
Pertemuan 6
By identifying the componential analysis, Polysemy and meaning divisions
Date 13 Maret 2026
Pertemuan 7
To understand the difference between tense and aspect
Date 20 Maret 2026
Pertemuan 8
Midtest Terms To be able to write a short academic paper of 1000 words about a particular English semantics issue
Date 27 Maret 2026
Pertemuan 9
To apply Deixis and Distance in a language which the speaker uses to express their intended meanings
Date 3 April 2026
Pertemuan 10
To apply Reference and Inference in a language which the speaker uses to express their intended meanings
Date 10 April 2026
Pertemuan 11
To apply Presupposition and Entailment in a language which the speaker uses to express their intended meanings
Date 17 April 2026
Pertemuan 12
To apply Cooperation and Implicature in a language which the speaker uses to express their intended meanings
Date 24 April 2026
Pertemuan 13
To apply Speech Acts and Events in a language which the speaker uses to express their intended meanings
Date 1 Mei 2026
Pertemuan 14
To apply Politeness and Interaction in a language which the speaker uses to express their intended meanings
Date 8 Mei 2026
Pertemuan 15
To apply Conversation and Preference Structure in a language which the speaker uses to express their intended meanings
Date 15 Mei 2026
Pertemuan 16
Final Examination
Date 22 Mei 2026