Academic Catalog

ELT522 LEXICAL SEMANTICS

Course Code: 8200522
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: English Language Teaching
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

History of lexical semantics, arguments and theta-roles; lexical conceptual structures; verb classes and alternations; lexical aspects; events; unaccusativity; ergativity; linking from lexicon to syntax.