Course unit, curriculum year 2023–2024
KIE.ENY.381
Negation, 5 cr
Tampere University
- Description
- Completion options
Teaching periods
Course code
KIE.ENY.381Language of instruction
EnglishAcademic years
2021–2022, 2022–2023, 2023–2024Level of study
Advanced studiesGrading scale
General scale, 0-5Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Rachel SzekelyResponsible organisation
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %
Coordinating organisation
Language Studies 100 %
Common learning outcomes
International outlook and global responsibility
In this course we will explore the diverse strategies for expressing negation in natural languages from a number of perspectives, including logic, semantics, morphosyntax, typology and pragmatics. Topics include: negation and scope, polarity items and negative concord, antonymy and reversal, and morphosyntactic variety in the expression of negation (for example, not, no one, un- in English). Students will be asked to devote special attention to the particulars of negation in Finnish, notably the partitive of negation.
This course will be offered during the academic year 2021-2022.
Learning outcomes
Further information
Kokonaisuudet, joihin opintojakso kuuluu
Completion option 1
This course will be offered during the academic year 2021-2022.
Participation in teaching
No scheduled teaching