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Specializations => Semantics and Pragmatics => Topic started by: jessy on December 08, 2015, 11:02:40 AM

Title: Topics for research
Post by: jessy on December 08, 2015, 11:02:40 AM

Hey all, I want  some unique new topics in semantics or pragmatics for master degree research. Any suggestions? ... Thank you in advance  :)

Title: Re: Topics for research
Post by: Daniel on December 08, 2015, 06:30:04 PM

That's a whole field! What interests you? And what theories do you want to use? Formal/structural theories? Or cognitive/functional approaches?

Title: Re: Topics for research
Post by: jessy on December 09, 2015, 01:58:07 PM

I want to research on Generative semantics theory, but I can't choose any new ideas, I read Palmer's semantics:a new outline and Lexical semantics by cruse but I can't pick out unique ideas

Title: Re: Topics for research
Post by: Daniel on December 09, 2015, 08:59:29 PM

Personally I'd suggest first reading a lot to see what catches your eye (for example, tense and aspect) then applying it to an understudied language. That's what would be most new/useful in my opinion. And fun.

Title: Re: Topics for research
Post by: jessy on December 10, 2015, 05:16:49 AM

Thanks much for ur help  :)