For next Tuesday’s class, please read sections 2.3-2.4 (pgs. 35-47) of the Kearns textbook. Â The first half of the reading introduces the basic notions of Predicate Logic, which we will continue with on Tuesday. Â The second half turns to the logical quantifiers ‘every’ and ‘some’, which will also occupy our attention in the coming weeks.
The HW6 answer key is now available. Â Just as before, I’ve put the answer key in the password-protected “Readings” section of our website. Â (Remember that the password is listed on the syllabus.) HW6 Distribution (45 points total; 31 assignments submitted) 41-45…..13 36-40…..5 31-35…..7 26-30…..4 21-25…..2
I sent a class-wide email with this information earlier, but I wanted to make it available on the class website too… Two clarificatory notes about your homework assignment for tomorrow (Thursday, 10/22): 1. Â In the Filtering conditions provided on page 2 of the assignment, S stands for complex sentences of the form ‘If A, then …
The HW5 answer key is now available. Â Just as before, I’ve put the answer key in the password-protected “Readings” section of our website. Â (Remember that the password is listed on the syllabus.) HW5 Distribution (65 points total; 34 assignments submitted) 60-65…..6 55-59…..8 50-55…..6 45-49…..7 40-45…..3 0-39…..4
I’ve put together a handout summarizing some of the things that we’ve learned about presupposition so far, including the S-family test, various triggers, and presupposition projection. Â I realized after today’s lecture that, given the complexity of the sentences that we were investigating today, probably some of you were unable to copy everything done. Â So hopefully …
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Your sixth homework assignment is now available for download (just click on the link below for a PDF version). Â It will be due on Thursday, October 22, at the beginning of class. HW6 (due 10/22 @ beg. of class)
For next Tuesday’s class, read section 4.3.1 in the Levinson chapter on Presupposition. Â (It’s in the same PDF as the other Levinson readings on Presupposition.)
The HW4 answer key is now available. Â Just as before, I’ve put the answer key in the password-protected “Readings” section of our website. (Remember that the password is listed on the syllabus.) Here’s the overall class performance on HW4…lots of high scores! HW4 Distribution (65 points total; 34 assignments submitted) Score…..# of Students 61-65…..17 56-60…..12 …
The required reading for next Thursday’s class is section 4.3.2 of the Levinson chapter on Presupposition. Â (You’ve already read sections 4.0-4.2; section 4.3.2 is part of the same PDF document.) As I mentioned in today’s lecture, I’m also posting the following paper in the “Readings” section of the website, which is optional for next Thursday: …
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Your fifth homework assignment is now available for download (just click the link below for a PDF version). Â It will be due on Thursday, October 15, at the beginning of class. HW5 (due 10/15 @ beg. of class)