The main aims of this class is to enable students to understand the principles on which the words and meanings are organised, in language in general, and in English and German in particular.
Recommended basic reading (see also the bibliography):
Saeed, John (1997). Semantics. Oxford: Blackwells.
von Savigny, Eike (1980). Grundkurs im wissenschaftlichen Definieren, München: DTV. 5. Aufl.