Introduction to the study of meaning in language. What is meaning and how is it expressed linguistically? How does context affect meaning and how do speakers use language to communicate information? Specific topics include: word meaning, concepts, reference, ambiguity, tense and aspect, mood and modality, and pragmatics. Discusses the meaning of logical function words (connectives and quantifiers) by providing a basic introduction to propositional logic and predicate logic.
This course may not be repeated for credit.

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This course will be offered next in Fall 2008.