LING 3510
Cognitive Semantics
This course examines meaning from a cognitive linguistics viewpoint, including embodied meaning and embodied language, the 'viewer' and the thing being viewed, construal and image schemas, mental network and mental spaces theories, subjective and intersubjective meaning, metaphor and metonymy theory, and the role of language usage in building semantic knowledge.
Prerequisites & course information
PR/CR: A minimum grade of C is required unless otherwise indicated. Prerequisite: [ LING 2500 (C+) Semantics and Pragmatics] or written consent of instructor. Attributes: Social Science
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027