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

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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?