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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
linguistics
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Aynat Rubinstein
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appointment
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Aynat Rubinstein
Course/Module description:
Within the field of modality, a major emphasis has been placed on distinguishing between knowledge-oriented (epistemic) modality and a bag of "other", non-epistemic modalities. Further subdivisions among non-epistemic modals are mainly based on conceptual grounds. This course takes a close look at the subclass of non-epistemic modals that have goal-oriented (teleological) interpretations (like 'have to' in 'I'm late, I have to take a cab'). We will investigate the philosophical foundations of teleological modality and its grammatical properties from a semantic-syntactic point of view.
Course/Module aims:
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
• Identify instances of various modality types in texts
• Access and read relevant scholarly research in semantics
• Describe, compare, and evaluate semantic analyses
• Construct clear linguistic arguments
• Report on the design, findings, and conclusions of their research
Attendance requirements(%):
100
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Course/Module Content:
See course description
Required Reading:
BRENNAN, V. 1993. Root and epistemic modal auxiliary verbs in English. PhD Dissertation, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
VAN DER AUWERA, J. AND V. A. PLUNGIAN. 1998. Modality's semantic map. Linguistic Typology 2: 79–124.
PORTNER, P. 2009. Modality. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
* A list of papers for in-class presentations will be distributed in the beginning of the semester.
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 30 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 50 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 20 %
Text analysis
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