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Prior to enrolling in courses at this language level, students must have completed or tested out of a minimum of four semesters (or six quarters) of college-level Spanish at their home university in the U.S.

General objective :
By the end of the course, the student will know and understand the contemporary importance of semantics. The student will have aquired the ability ot realize semantic analysis.

General topics :
I. Semantics
Semantics, lexicology, lexicography.
Traditional semantics
II. Synonyms and antonyms
Homonyms, "polisemia" and "hiponimia"
Significance, use, and context. Meaning and reference.
Paradigm and syntax relations
III. Lexical and grammatical meaning
lexical and grammatical facts
meaning of sentence type and function

Bibliography:
Baldinger, Kurt. Teoría semántica. Alcalá. Madrid.
Berruto, Gaetano. La semántica. Nueva Imagen. México.
Lyons, John. La semántica. Teide. Barcelona.
Palmer, Frank. La semántica. Siglo XXI. México.
Schaff, Adam. Introducción a la semántica. FCE. México.