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University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, March 4, 1964
Word Expert To Discuss Semantics
Semantics, the study of the meanings of words, will be the subject of a lecture at 4:30 p.m., Friday, in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union.
Professor Ullmann is editor of the only general linguistic periodical now published in Britain and has written a number of widely-used textbooks on semantics in French and English.
In the modern world with its arguments about "-isms" and their use, a study of semantics enables people to understand the words they use, and the changes that word meanings may take, according to Herbert Galton, assistant professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures.
The study of semantics involves not only the study of the present meaning of words, but expected changes, in meanings.
Stephen Ullmann, professor of romance languages at the University of Leeds in England, will discuss "New Bearings in Semantics."
CURRENTLY Professor Ullmann is a guest professor at the University of Toronto, Ontario. His book, "Language and Style," is to be released in American edition in the immediate future.
In structural semantics, the meaning of a word is explained against the background of related terms, he writes. The shift in meaning of one of these background terms can often be responsible for shifting the meaning of a number of other words.
It is with this area of study that Prof. Ullmann will lecture, Prof Galton said.
Dessert to Honor 110
Inter-residence Council's Scholarship Dessert, held each semester in honor of all independent women with a 2.5 grade average or better, will take place at 6:30 tonight in the Kansas room of the Union.
A trophy will be awarded to Miller Hall for the highest grade average.
P-t-P Forums Begin
The first in a series of nine "Foreign Students Abroad" forums will be this evening at 7:30 in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union. The topic this week is "Israel."
The forums are presented by students who will visit the countries under the People-to-People program this summer. A different country will be presented each week.
The forum this week will include a movie and refreshments.
Twenty delegates are needed for the KU-Y Model UN.
Model UN Needs More Delegates
The twenty vacancies are in countries from the Arab, Sino-Soviet, and Western blocs.
There will be 117 nations represented in the Model UN.
Any KU student wishing to sign up is invited to do so in the KU-Y office in the Kansas Union before Friday.
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