For this Thursday’s class, read the following: 1. Â Section 11.1.3 (pgs. 258-260) of the Kearns textbook. This section briefly reviews Scalar Implicatures, which we talked about in today’s (Tuesday’s) class. Â Be sure to have a look at this reading, since it provides several other examples of “linguistic scales”. 2. Â Sections 2.1-2.2 (pgs. 25-35) of the …
For next Tuesday’s class, read the following: 1. Â Section 3.2.3 (pgs. 126-132) of the Levinson chapter on Implicature. Â (You’ve already read sections 3.0 and 3.1 for an earlier class; section 3.2.3 is part of the same PDF document.) For the Levinson reading, focus on the discussion of generalized vs. particularized implicatures. Â You should also read …
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For next week, read the paper entitled “Logic and Conversation” by H.P. Grice. Â You can find a PDF version of it in the “Readings” section of the website. (Remember that the readings are password-protected: Â you can find the password on your printed copy of the syllabus.) Grice’s paper (and the lectures from which it originates) …
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I’ve posted a PDF containing sections 3.0-3.2 of Levinson, Chapter 3 in the “Readings” section. Â For this Thursday’s lecture (9/10), read sections 3.0 and 3.1. (Remember that the readings are password-protected: Â you can find the password on your printed copy of the syllabus.) (You’ll also be reading section 3.2.3 for Thursday, 9/22, which is why …
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As I announced in our last (= first) class meeting, your reading assignment for next Tuesday is Chapter 1 in the Kearns textbook. For those of you who are still waiting for your copy of Kearns to arrive, there are now 10 photocopies of the first chapter in the mailbox outside my office door. (621 …