Details and readings will be posted as we go along. Unless otherwise noted, readings are available on Zotero.
- Week 14 (4/24)
Presentations- Leslie
- Zach
- Margaret
- Willy
- Week 13 (4/17 & 4/19)
Language and Thought- Elbourne, Chapter 8
Presentations
- Kyle & Clayton
- Ayla & Elizabeth
- Bridget
- Week 12 (4/10 & 4/12)
Implicatures in Acquisition and Processing- Noveck & Reboul
- Sedivy 2007
- Huang & Snedeker 2011
- Week 11 (4/3 & 4/5)
Implicatures- Gamut, Chapter 6
- Elbourne 7: 129-139
- Week 10 (3/27 & 3/29)
Quantifiers- Elbourne 82-94
- Kearns, Chap 4
- Week 9 (3/20 & 3/22)
Quantifiers cont’d; Midterm review [HW 3 due]
Midterm (3/22)
- Week 9 (3/13 & 3/15)
Logic- Kearns, Chap 2
- Week 8 (2/28 & 3/1)
Experimental Design cont’d
Pronouns, Demonstratives, and Indexicals- Portner 5.7
- Elbourne 111-122
- Week 7 (2/21 & 2/23)
Presuppositions and Experimental Design- Sedivy & Carlson Chap 4
- Ray Chapters 8-9
Optional Reading on Definite Experiments: Abrusan & Szendroi
- Week 6 (2/14 & 2/16)
Definites & Presuppositions- Elbourne 5: 65-72
- Portner 5: 78-83
Experimental Work on Definites
- Week 5 (2/7 & 2/9)
Meaning Composition 2- Elbourne 6
- Portner 3
- Week 4 (1/31 & 2/2)
Meaning Composition 1- Elbourne 5: 72-82 (optional: 94-98)
- Portner 2
- Krifka 2001
Sets & Functions: Partee, ter Meulen & Wall 1 (3-17) & 2 (27-33)
HW 1 due on Thursday (2/2)!
- Week 3 (1/24 & 1/26)
Semantic Properties of Words- Elbourne 3
- Optional: Pylkkänen et al.
Sentence Meanings
- Elbourne 4
- Portner 1.3
- Week 2 (1/17 & 1/19)
What is Meaning?Readings: - First Class
Course Overview (see Syllabus) & Introduction
List of Topics
• Course Overview & Introduction
• What is Meaning?
• Properties of Words
• Sentence Meanings
• Presuppositions
• Meaning Composition
• Sets & Functions
• Referring Expressions
• Experimental Work on Reference
• Introduction to Experimental Methods
• Quantifiers: Logic and Language
• Implicatures: Acquisition & Processing
• Project Presentations