Advanced Semantics 2021

Advanced Semantics was an informal reading group organized for students seeking further training in formal semantics. The overall thread this semester was the study of phenomena at the boundary of semantics and pragmatics.

Schedule

Jan 19	Warm up
	von Fintel, Fox, Iatridou 2014
Jan 26	Presupposition part 1 — Meghan
	Kadmon 2001 Formal Pragmatics ch. 5, 6
Feb 2	Presupposition part 2 — Keng Ji
	Kadmon 2001 ch. 7, 8, 9
Feb 9	Focus — Benjamin
	Kadmon 2001 ch. 13, 14
Feb 16	QUDs — Beth
	Roberts 1996/2012
Feb 23	No class
Mar 2	QUD applications: but, otherwise — Joey
	Toosarvandani 2014, Phillips & Kotek ms
Mar 9	Ellipsis part 1 — Keng Ji
	Fox 1995
Mar 16	Ellipsis part 2 — Beth
	Schwarz 2000 ch. 5
Mar 23	Ellipsis and focus: Tanglewood — Meghan
	Erlewine & Kotek 2018, Bassi & Longenbaugh 2020
Mar 30	Implicature part 1 — Keng Ji
	Katzir 2007, Fox 2007 pp. 71–77
Apr 6	Implicature part 2 — Keely
	Sauerland 2004, Fox 2007 pp. 89–94
Apr 13	Implicature part 3 — Cara + Keely
	Chierchia, Fox & Spector (CFS) 2012 pp. 2297–2308, CFS 2008, Geurts 2013
Apr 20	An application of Exh — mitcho
	Bowler 2014