EL4203 Semantics 2019–2020 Sem 1
| Michael Yoshitaka ERLEWINE (mitcho) |
| mitcho@nus.edu.sg |
| Office: AS5 06-09 |
| Office hours: Thursdays 10:30–noon |
Classes are Wednesdays at high noon, in AS1 room 03-02.
| Syllabus PDF (but always see Schedule below for the latest) |
Schedule
| Day | Topic | Reading (before class) | To submit (before class) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14 | Introduction: studying meaning | Survey on LumiNUS by Friday | ||
| Aug 21 | Sets, functions, quantifiers | IFS2 | PS1 | |
| Aug 28 | Logic | IFS3 | PS2 | |
| Sep 4 | Basic composition | IFS4 | PS3 | |
| Sep 11 | Modification and translation | IFS5, 6.1 | PS4 | |
| Sep 18 | Quantifiers | IFS7.1 | PS5 | |
| Sep 25 | Recess Week | |||
| Oct 2 | Movement | IFS6.2, 7.3–7.4 | PS6 | |
| Oct 9 | Pronouns | |||
| Oct 16 | No class | PS7 | ||
| Oct 23 | Implicatures (Bob Beddor) | Grice 1975 | ||
| Oct 30 | Presupposition | IFS8 | PS8 | |
| Nov 6 | Worlds, modals, and conditionals | IFS13 | ||
| Nov 13 | Tense and aspect | Ogihara 2007 | PS9 | |
| Nov 19 | 24h final exam |
IFSn refers to Coppock & Champollion’s Invitation to Formal Semantics chapter/section n. Make sure to consult the version on LumiNUS.