COGS525 COGNITIVE SEMANTICS
| Course Code: |
9020525 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Department: |
Cognitive Sciences |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
Lecturer Dr. CEYHAN TEMÜRCÜ |
| Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
This course covers main issues in semantic analysis and model building in the cognitive linguistics tradition. It focuses on tropics which are in close relation to cognitive science: prototype theory of categorization, cross-domain mappings (metaphor, metonymy, analogy), embodied cognition, conceptualization and construal, perception-based focal adjustments, frames,image schemas, force dynamics, mental spaces, and conceptual integration.
