Course : Introduction to Linguistics II (Εαρ. 2024-'25) - Sections Α-Καρ & Π-Ω

The first day of classes was dedicated to introducing the aims and the content of this course. We thus outlined the different areas of linguistics that we will cover throughout the semester, namely semantics, pragmatics, discourse analysis, and sociolinguistics, as well as the key concepts we will discuss under each course unit. This journey starts with the study of word meaning through the lens of lexical semantics. We specifically addressed the question as to how we can define word meaning, and the various challenges that are entailed in the so-called "dictionary" definition of word meaning. Finally, we established a distinction between conceptual and associative meaning; for the purposes of this course, we will focus specifically on conceptual meaning.

More on word meaning in tomorrow's class. Please bring with you a copy of the Handout on semantic features and semantic roles that is found in Documents under the folder "Handouts".