UNIVERSITAS NEGERI YOGYAKARTA
FAKULTAS BAHASA DAN SENI
SILABUS
MATA KULIAH : SEMANTICS
FRM/FBS/19-00 Revisi : 00 4 Januari 2008 Hal.
Fakultas : Bahasa dan Seni
Program Studi : Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Nama & Kode Mata Kuliah : Semantics ING 229
Jumlah SKS : Teori: 2 SKS, Praktik: 0 SKS
Semester :4
Nama & Kode Mata Kuliah Prasyarat: Introduction to Linguistics ING 225
Dosen : Siti Sudartini
I. DESKRIPSI MATA KULIAH
Semantics provides an introductory study on meaning in language with a focus on
English, covering such topics as propositions, referring expressions, universes of
discourse, synonyms, antonyms, hyponyms, homonymy, polysemy, derivation,
participant roles, and speech acts. During the course, learning mostly through inquiry
and discovery, students are introduced to defined concepts with clarifying examples
followed by exercises in applying the principles involved. On the whole, they are
presented with cases pertinent to the topics and analyze the cases in prescribed ways.
II. STANDAR KOMPETENSI MATA KULIAH
At the end of the course students will achieve a competency in conducting studies on
meaning in language, indicated by an awareness of the various aspects of meaning in
language and an experience and ability in analyzing meaning in verbal communication.
III. POKOK BAHASAN DAN RINCIAN POKOK BAHASAN
Minggu
Pokok Bahasan Rincian Pokok Bahasan Reference
Ke
1 Introduction to Semantics Defined Kreidlr, p 1-
Semantics Basic Terms in Semantics 15
Meaning, Sign, and Symbol
2 Types of Meaning What is Meaning? Kreidlr, p 1-
Some Types of Meaning: Literal, 15
Figurative, Denotative, Connotative
Leech’ Classification of Meaning
Sentence/Word Meaning & Speaker
Meaning
3 Basic Notions in Aspects of semantic knowledge Kreidler, p.
Semantics Utterances, Sentences, and 41-59, 62-
Propositions 66
4 Reference & Sense The Relationship of concept – word – Kreidler, p.
object in semantics 129-153
Meaning, Sense, and Reference
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Kinds of Referents
Ways of Referring
Opaque Contexts
Equative Sentences
5–6 Predicates Predicates in syntax vs. in semantics Kreidler, p.
Predicate, predicator, & argument 115-128,
Degree of predicate (valency) 197-227,
Some changes in valency 251-266
7 Aspect The term aspect and its position in a Kreidler, p
sentence 197-228
Kinds of aspect: generic/specific,
durative/punctual, telic/atelic,
ingressive/continuative/egressive,
prospective/retrospective
Vendler’s classification of predicates
Grammatical expressions of aspect
8 Deixis What is deixis? Kreidler, p
Deixis as parts of reference 144-151
Deictic Elements, Context of Utterance,
& Definiteness
Classification of deixis
Anaphora
Referential ambiguity
9 Mid-term All above
Examination
10 Lexical Relations (1) Word forms: lexeme, lexicon Kreidler, p.
Semantic field theory vs truth 87-100
conditional semantics
Paraphrases, entailments, and
contradictions
Lexical relations: homonymy,
polysemy, synonymy, and hyponymy
11 Lexical Relations (2) What is an antonym? Kreidler, p.
Kinds of antonymy: complementary 100-113
pairs, gradable pairs, relational
opposites
Antonymous relations: Binary/non
binary antonyms, Converses
Symmetry and reciprocity
12 Participant Roles Kinds of participant roles Kreidler, p.
Participant roles and grammatical 61-83
position
13 Derivations What is derivation? Kreidler, p.
Morphological, Syntactic, & Semantic 267-296
Processes of Derivations
Inchoative, Causative, & Resultative
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MATA KULIAH : SEMANTICS
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Forms
Conversion/zero derivation
14 Semantics and the Semantic unversals Kreidler, p.
Dictionary Dictionary and its lexical entries 267-296;
How meanings are arranged in a Oxford
lexical entry Dictionary
Recognizing conversion in a dictionary
15 Speech Acts What is a speech act? Kreidler, p.
Performative & Constative Utterances 175-196
Perlocutions and illocutions
Proposition in relation to illocutions
16 Review All Above
IV. REFERENSI/SUMBER BAHAN
A. Wajib :
Hurford, James R et al. 2007. Semantics: A Coursebook. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Kreidler, Charles W. 1998. Introducing English Semantics. London: Routledge.
B. Anjuran:
Frawley, William. 1992. Linguistic Semantics. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
Inc.
Leech, Geoffrey. 1976. Semantics. Middlesex: Penguin Books.
Lyons, John. 1979. Semantics. Volume 1 & 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Nida, E.A. 1975. Componential Analysis of Meaning. Mouton: The Hague.
Saeed, John I. 2000. Semantics. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Tyler, Andrea & Vyvyan Evans. 2003. The Semantics of English Preposition. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Ullman, Stephen. 1972. Semantics: An Introduction to the Science of Meaning. Oxford:
Basil Blackwell.
V. EVALUASI
No. Komponen Evaluasi Bobot (%)
1 Partisipasi Kuliah 15%
2 Tugas-tugas 20%
3 Ujian Tengah Semester 30%
4 Ujian Semester 35%
Jumlah 100%
