24.979 Topics in Semantics
Fall 2010
Instructors: Kai von Fintel, Daniel Fox, Irene R Heim
Lecture: W10-1 (32-D461)
Announcements
Next class
I have posted a chapter from Engdahl 1986 as background
reading. I will also post Rullmann & Beck's 1998 SALT
paper "Presupposition Projection and the Interpretation of
which-Questions". Moreover, you should prepare for class
by reviewing what you have learned in syntax classes about all the
reasons to posit reconstruction (lower copies) in wh-movement
constructions.
--Irene
--Irene
Announced on 06 November 2010 11:08 a.m. by Irene R Heim
Reading(s) for next week
For the meeting on 10/27: Please read the paper by AnderBois (under "inquisitive semantics" in Materials). Highly optional: the paper by Haida.Announced on 20 October 2010 5:53 p.m. by Kai von Fintel
Inquisitive Semantics (starting Oct 20)
In the second half of next week's seminar, we will start talking about inquisitive semantics. Please read the paper "Inquisitive Semantics and Pragmatics" by Groenendijk & Roelofsen and the paper "Attention! Might in Inquisitive Semantics" by Ciardelli, Groenendijk, & Roelofsen.Announced on 14 October 2010 8:44 a.m. by Kai von Fintel
class Oct 6
I will continue with background for and discussion of
Shimoyama's paper. I have posted today's handout,
including an added exercise suggested in class, and correction of
typos in (22) and (24) (thank you, Igor). I have also posted
Norvin's handbook article.
--Irene
--Irene
Announced on 29 September 2010 3:10 p.m. by Irene R Heim
class Sept 29
When Kai is done with conditional questions, I will start
teaching on the internal compositional semantics of
questions. Readings include Karttunen 1977 (L&P 1.1),
Shimoyama 2006 (NALS 14.2) and others t.b.a.
--Irene
--Irene
Announced on 26 September 2010 10:21 a.m. by Irene R Heim
