24.903/24.933 Language & Its Structure III: Semantics & Pragmatics
Spring 2008
Instructor: Kai von Fintel
TA: Patrick G Grosz
Lecture: TR11-12.30 (56-191)
Announcements
Conditional Strengthening
The article on "Conditional Strengthening" mentioned in today's class is now available under "Materials". Worth a look, if I may say so myself.Announced on 13 May 2008 12:49 p.m. by Kai von Fintel
Stalnaker on Conditionals
The article by Bob Stalnaker on conditionals from 1968 is now available under "materials". Everyone should read it.Announced on 13 May 2008 10:34 a.m. by Kai von Fintel
Read Solan on and/or
Under "Materials", there are now ten pages on the legal and/or rule from a book by Larry Solan.Announced on 22 April 2008 4:05 p.m. by Kai von Fintel
Read Language Log on "and/or"
There are now many posts on Language Log on and/or:
- And/or: “and AND or”, or “and OR or”?
- Exclusive OR: free dinner and stay out of jail
- Legal uses of and/or … or something
- And/or or both
- Conjunctions and logical connectives
- Disjunction mailbox
- 320 kg or 4 people
Please read them all. Each is fairly short but full of connections to what we’ve been discussing in class the past few weeks.
Announced on 16 April 2008 7:18 a.m. by Kai von Fintel
Read the Class Notes
If you haven't read the class notes people have been
preparing on the wiki, you are missing out. Read them, amend them,
profit from them!
Announced on 18 March 2008 8:20 a.m. by Kai von Fintel