EL4203 Semantics 2021–2022 Sem 1
| Michael Yoshitaka ERLEWINE (mitcho) |
| mitcho@nus.edu.sg |
| Office hours: Wednesdays 10:30am–noon |
Classes are Mondays at 10am, online.
| Syllabus PDF |
Schedule
| Class | Topic | Reading | Problems | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Aug 9) | No class: National Day | ||||
| Aug 16 | Studying meaning | IFS1, EFS2 | Problems | ||
| Aug 23 | Sets, functions, quantifiers | IFS2 | IFS2 exercises 7, 16, 17 | ||
| Aug 30 | Logic | IFS3 | IFS3 exercises 8, 9, 16 | ||
| Sep 6 | Basic composition | EFS3 pp. 44–72 | Problems | ||
| Sep 13 | Test 1 | Composition and modification (filled) | EFS3 pp. 72–87; H&K4 | Problems | |
| (Sep 20) | No class: Recess week | ||||
| Sep 27 | Quantifiers | H&K6 pp. 131–154 | Problems | ||
| Oct 4 | Movement | EFS5 pp. 139–159; H&K7 pp. 178–198 | Problems | ||
| Oct 11 | Test 2 | No lecture | |||
| Oct 18 | Modals and conditionals | von Fintel & Heim ms pp. 3–18, 21–37 | Problems | ||
| Oct 25 | Tense and aspect | Ogihara 2007 pp. 392–410; von Fintel & Heim ms pp. 69–78 |
Problems | ||
| Nov 1 | Focus | Kadmon 2001 pp. 250–263 | Problems | ||
| Nov 8 | Test 3 | No lecture |