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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I heard from some of you that today’s discussion of constructing truth tables went by a little too quickly for you to copy everything down into your notes. Â Since this task figures prominently in your homework assignment for this Thursday, I’ve put together a brief handout on the topic. Â It includes a full definition of …
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I’ve put together a short handout on flouting maxims. Â It contains a couple of examples (from lecture) of implicatures that arise via a speaker’s flouting of some maxim, as well as the step-by-step derivations of these implicatures. Â You might like to refer to these examples when formulating your responses in Assignment 3, Part I. Flouting …
The HW2 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.) In the answer key, I’ve tried to address some of the more common errors that we saw in Part II (“Deriving Conversational Implicatures”). …
Your third homework assignment is now available for download (just click the link below for a PDF version). Â It will be due on Thursday, October 1, at the beginning of class. Homework 3 (due 10/1 @ beg. of class)