This course provides an introductory study on meaning in language, covering such topics as proposition, reference, universe of discourse, definiteness, ambiguity, sameness and oppositeness in meaning, hyponymy, entailment, homonymy, polysemy, derivation, participant role, and speech act. During the course, students are presented with cases pertinent to the topics and analyze them in prescribed ways. Most cases are taken from English. Their achievement in the course is assessed by means of a mid- semester test and a final examination.