Course description:
This course aims to introduce a general view on lexical semantics. Since the nature of lexical semantics has changed markedly in the twenty-to-thirty years, we would like to examine those approaches and find out a modern and more conceiving one to do research of this field.

TOPICS:
1. What is a lexicon?
2. What is a word?
3. What is meaning?
4. ‘Classical’ theory of meaning
5. Alternatives to ‘Classical theory’
6. Semantic relations
7. Frame semantics
8. Prototype theory
9. Introduction to WordNet
10. Case studies