COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SEMANTICS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TRK 5001 SEMANTICS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Turkish Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ISMAIL SÖKMEN

Offered to

Turkish Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

Aim of the course is to give information and to have them hold a view about lexical semantics and sentence semantics of Turkish by means of analyzing the examples and teaching history, basic terms and principles, types of semantics and semantic changes.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn history of semantics
2   To learn basic terms and principles of semantics
3   To analyse the synchronic and diachronic examples of semantic changes
4   To know the features of lexical semantic of Turkish language
5   To know the features of sentence semantic of Turkish language

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1 History of semantics
2 2 Basic terms and principles of semantics
3 3 Basic terms and principles of semantics
4 4 Lexical semantics of Turkish
5 5 Sentence semantics of Turkish
6 6 Statical semantics and developmental/dynamic semantics
7 7 Language, word, sign, concept, meaning, extension
8 8 General review, course assessment, midterm exam
9 9 Synonymy, homonymy, antonymy; polysemy
10 10 Semantic field and semantic change
11 11 Semantic changes (semantic extension, semantic restriction etc.)
12 12 Semantic changes (semantic extension, semantic restriction etc.)
13 13 Metaphor, metonymy and simile representation
14 14 Word and sentence analyzing
15 15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Frawley, W. (1992). Linguistic Semantics. Routledge.
2. Leech, G. (1974). Semantics. Middlesex-England: Penguin Books.
3. Löbner, S. (2002). Understanding Semantics. Routledge.
4. Saeed, J.I. (1997). Semantics. Oxford: Blackwell.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical instruction, cooperative learning methods, question and answer, discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

caner.kerimoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 94

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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