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Course Overview:

This 30-unit online course explores the intricacies of semantics in Myanmar, English, and Korean. Through interactive lessons, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of how meaning is constructed and conveyed in these languages. The course includes explanations and exercises with instant feedback to reinforce learning.

Course Features:

Interactive multimedia lessons
Real-life language examples
Peer collaboration opportunities
Access to a supportive learning community

Course Content

Unit 1 Basics of Semantics

Introduction to Semantics
Basics of Semantics
Unit 1 Course Practice

Unit 2 Sentences, Utterances and Propositions

Unit 3: Reference and Sense

Unit 4: Referring Expressions
Advanced Semantics - Identifying objects in the real world.

Unit 5: Predicates
Understanding how words describe and connect things in a sentence.

Unit 6: Universe of Discourse
Understanding imaginary worlds, generic references, and definiteness.

Unit 7: Deixis and Definiteness
Words that "point" and how their meaning depends on the speaker's context.

Unit 8: Words and Things (Extensions and Prototypes)

Unit 9: Sense Properties and Stereotypes
Understanding how sentences can be true or false by their very nature.

Mid-term Exam (Unit 1 to Unit 9)
To practice what you have learnt from Unit 1 to Unit 9

Unit 10: Sense Relations (1)
How meanings of words and sentences connect with each other.

Unit 11: Sense Relations (2) – Opposites
Understanding that "Opposite" is not just black and white.

Unit 12: About Logic

Unit 13: A Notation for Simple Propositions
Translating messy human sentences into clean, mathematical logic.

Exam Prep (Unit 6 to Unit 13)

Unit 14: Connectives: And and Or
Joining simple propositions to build complex logical structures

Unit 15: More Connectives (NOT, IF…THEN)
Mastering logical negation and implication.

Unit 16: About Dictionaries

Unit 17: Meaning Postulate
Connecting formal logic with word meanings and sense relations.

Unit 18: Properties of Predicates
Symmetric, Transitive, and Reflexive relationships in language.

Unit 19: Derivation
How new words and meanings are built from existing roots.

Unit 20: Participant Roles
Discovering who does what to whom, regardless of grammar.

Exam Prep (Unit 14 to Unit 20)

Unit 21: Speech Acts
How we use words to do things, not just describe them.

Unit 22: Prelocutions and Illucutions

Unit 23: Felicity Conditions

Unit 24: Direct and Indirect Illocutions

Unit 25: Propositions and Illocutions

Unit 26: Conversational Implicature
Understanding what people mean without actually saying it.

Unit 27: Non-literal Meaning
Idioms, Metaphors, and Metonymy: How language bends the rules.

Exam Prep (Unit 21 to Unit 27)

Semantic Research Areas

Corpus-based Research Guide for Thuzir

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Course Content

Unit 1 Basics of Semantics

Introduction to Semantics

Basics of Semantics

Unit 1 Course Practice

Unit 2 Sentences, Utterances and Propositions

Sentences, Utterances and Propositions

Practice: Sentences, Utterances and Propositions

Unit 3: Reference and Sense

Reference and Sense

Practice

Unit 4: Referring Expressions Advanced Semantics - Identifying objects in the real world.

Referring Expressions

Unit 4 Practice

Unit 5: Predicates Understanding how words describe and connect things in a sentence.

Predicates

Unit 5 Practice

Unit 6: Universe of Discourse Understanding imaginary worlds, generic references, and definiteness.

Universe of Discourse

Unit 6 Practice

Unit 7: Deixis and Definiteness Words that "point" and how their meaning depends on the speaker's context.

Deixis and Definiteness

Unit 7 Practice

Unit 8: Words and Things (Extensions and Prototypes)

Unit 8: Words and Things (Extensions and Prototypes)

Unit 8 Practice

Unit 9: Sense Properties and Stereotypes Understanding how sentences can be true or false by their very nature.

Sense Properties and Stereotypes

Unit 9 Practice

Mid-term Exam (Unit 1 to Unit 9) To practice what you have learnt from Unit 1 to Unit 9

Exam (Unit 1 to Unit 9)

Unit 10: Sense Relations (1) How meanings of words and sentences connect with each other.

Sense Relations (1)

Practice

Unit 11: Sense Relations (2) – Opposites Understanding that "Opposite" is not just black and white.

Sense Relations (2) – Opposites

Practice

Unit 12: About Logic

About Logic

Unit 12 Practice

Unit 13: A Notation for Simple Propositions Translating messy human sentences into clean, mathematical logic.

A Notation for Simple Propositions

Unit 13 Practice

Exam Prep (Unit 6 to Unit 13)

Unit 6 to Unit 13

Unit 14: Connectives: And and Or Joining simple propositions to build complex logical structures

Connectives: And and Or

Unit 14 Practice

Unit 15: More Connectives (NOT, IF…THEN) Mastering logical negation and implication.

More Connectives (NOT, IF…THEN)

Unit 15 Practice

Unit 16: About Dictionaries

About Dictiionaries

Unit 16 Practice

Unit 17: Meaning Postulate Connecting formal logic with word meanings and sense relations.

Meaning Postulate

Unit 17 Practice

Unit 18: Properties of Predicates Symmetric, Transitive, and Reflexive relationships in language.

Properties of Predicates

Unit 18 Practice

Unit 19: Derivation How new words and meanings are built from existing roots.

Derivation

Unit 19 Practice

Unit 20: Participant Roles Discovering who does what to whom, regardless of grammar.

Participant Roles

Unit 20 Practice

Exam Prep (Unit 14 to Unit 20)

Exam Prep (unit 14 to Unit 20)

Unit 21: Speech Acts How we use words to do things, not just describe them.

Speech Acts

Unit 21 Practice

Unit 22: Prelocutions and Illucutions

Perlocutions and Illocutions

Unit 22 Practice

Unit 23: Felicity Conditions

Felicity Conditions

Unit 23 Practice

Unit 24: Direct and Indirect Illocutions

Direct and Indirect Illocutions

Unit 4: Referring Expressions
Advanced Semantics - Identifying objects in the real world.

Unit 5: Predicates
Understanding how words describe and connect things in a sentence.

Unit 6: Universe of Discourse
Understanding imaginary worlds, generic references, and definiteness.

Unit 7: Deixis and Definiteness
Words that "point" and how their meaning depends on the speaker's context.

Unit 9: Sense Properties and Stereotypes
Understanding how sentences can be true or false by their very nature.

Mid-term Exam (Unit 1 to Unit 9)
To practice what you have learnt from Unit 1 to Unit 9

Unit 10: Sense Relations (1)
How meanings of words and sentences connect with each other.

Unit 11: Sense Relations (2) – Opposites
Understanding that "Opposite" is not just black and white.

Unit 13: A Notation for Simple Propositions
Translating messy human sentences into clean, mathematical logic.

Unit 14: Connectives: And and Or
Joining simple propositions to build complex logical structures

Unit 15: More Connectives (NOT, IF…THEN)
Mastering logical negation and implication.

Unit 17: Meaning Postulate
Connecting formal logic with word meanings and sense relations.

Unit 18: Properties of Predicates
Symmetric, Transitive, and Reflexive relationships in language.

Unit 19: Derivation
How new words and meanings are built from existing roots.

Unit 20: Participant Roles
Discovering who does what to whom, regardless of grammar.

Unit 21: Speech Acts
How we use words to do things, not just describe them.

Unit 26: Conversational Implicature
Understanding what people mean without actually saying it.

Unit 27: Non-literal Meaning
Idioms, Metaphors, and Metonymy: How language bends the rules.