1 Introduction and Organization
Main goals of week one is to get comfy with the online format and troubleshoot technical issues. We also want to refresh our memory about linguistics and get an overview about what is coming in the following weeks.
Levels of linguistic analysis
I asked you:
What did you find most interesting in the introduction?
Your Answers:
| Semiotics | Phonology | Morphology | Semantics | Metaphor | Pragmatics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
Rip syntax…
Linguistic Questions
We are going to discuss various topics mostly from—but not restricted to—the field of Lexical Semantics, e.g.:
- What makes an antonym?
- How do we determine useful collocations, phrases, synonyms?
- How does thinking shape language? How does language shape thinking?
- What is the relationship between meaning and grammar?
- How can we be objective about language?
