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Fall 2019 - ENG508 - 1

This document provides instructions for Assignment 1 of the seminar "Semantics and Pragmatics" being offered in the fall 2019 semester. It outlines the requirements for submitting the assignment, including uploading it in MS Word format, zooming it to 100% size, avoiding plagiarism, and following the specified font and size. It also lists the two questions to be answered for the assignment: 1) Discussing different theories of meaning from the provided handouts and choosing which is best suited to linguistic facts, and how words can fail to mean their intended meaning. 2) Discussing the "Idea Theory" which explains how languages express meaning through concepts and ideas, and the major challenges faced by this theory.

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Fall 2019 - ENG508 - 1

This document provides instructions for Assignment 1 of the seminar "Semantics and Pragmatics" being offered in the fall 2019 semester. It outlines the requirements for submitting the assignment, including uploading it in MS Word format, zooming it to 100% size, avoiding plagiarism, and following the specified font and size. It also lists the two questions to be answered for the assignment: 1) Discussing different theories of meaning from the provided handouts and choosing which is best suited to linguistic facts, and how words can fail to mean their intended meaning. 2) Discussing the "Idea Theory" which explains how languages express meaning through concepts and ideas, and the major challenges faced by this theory.

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MA ELT

Semantics and Pragmatics (ENG 508)

Fall 2019
Assignment No. 1
Total Marks: 20
Lectures: 1-12

Instructions:

 Upload your assignments in a proper format, i.e. MS word file. Corrupt files will be awarded
zero marks.
 The assignments should be zoomed in at 100%.
 Please avoid plagiarism; plagiarized work will be marked zero.
 After the due date, the assignments submitted via email would not be entertained.
 Please avoid submitting copied assignments; otherwise, such a case would be referred to the
discipline committee.
 The font color should be preferably black and font size 12 Times New Roman.

Q1. Semantics is the study of meaning, but what we mean by 'meaning' is disputed among
the linguists. Read about the different theories of ‘meaning’ (given in the handouts) and
then answer the following questions:

a) Which of the given theories of meaning is best suited to the linguistic facts?
b) How can the words fail to mean what they mean?
(5+5= 10 Marks)

Q2. “Idea Theory” explains the pattern show languages express meaning in terms of
concepts, thoughts or ideas. Read about the Idea Theory and then discuss the major
challenges faced by the “Idea Theory”. (10 Marks)

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