The HW3 answer key is now available. 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.) For those of you who have enjoyed our class discussions of the interactions between logic and pragmatic inferences, have a look at the …
Your fourth homework assignment is now available for download (just click the link below for a PDF version). Â It will be due on Thursday, October 8, at the beginning of class. HW4 (due 10/8 @ beg. of class)
Here’s a handout summarizing the various relationships between sentences that we saw in today’s class, as well as their treatments in propositional logic: Handout on Logical Relations
HW2 Distribution (65 points total; 36 assignments submitted) Score…..# of Students 61-65…..1 56-60…..3 51-55…..12 46-50…..11 41-45…..3 36-40…..2 0-35…..4
HW1 Distribution (70 points total; 36 assignments submitted) Score…..# of Students 66-70…..24 61-65…..7 56-60…..2 51-55…..2 0-50…..1
I’ve posted a PDF containing the entirety of Levinson, Chapter 4 in the “Readings” section. For next week, read sections 4.0-4.2. (Remember that the readings are password-protected. You can find the password on your printed copy of the syllabus.) The Levinson chapter deals with presupposition, a type of inference distinct from both entailment and implicature. …
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