For next Monday 2/28 and Wednesday 3/2, please read sections 4.3.1-4.3.2 (pgs. 185-198) of the following book chapter, which can be downloaded (PDF) from the “Readings” section of this website: Levinson, Stephen C. 1983. Pragmatics, Chap. 4 (‘Presupposition’). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Your fourth homework assignment is now available for download–just click on the link below for a PDF version. Â It will be due on Wednesday, March 2, at the beginning of class. Â (Note the change from our usual Monday homework schedule.) HW4 (due WEDNESDAY 3/2 @ beg. of class)
The answer key for your first midterm exam has now been posted to the readings page.
For next Wednesday 2/23 and Friday 2/25, please read sections 4.0-4.2 (pgs. 167-185) of the following book chapter, which can be downloaded (PDF) from the “Readings” section of this website: Levinson, Stephen C. 1983. Pragmatics, Chap. 4 (‘Presupposition’). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Just to re-iterate what was announced in class today: Â neither Paul’s nor Pete’s section will meet on Tuesday, February 22nd. Â That means that our next class meeting will not be until Wednesday, February 23rd.
The key for homework #3 has now been posted to the readings page.
The key for homework #2 has now been posted to the readings page.
Several of you have asked for clarification regarding Part IV (‘A Puzzle about English Conditional Sentences’) of your third homework assignment. Â Having read the directions again, they do seem a bit unclear. Â Here is what is being asked of you: In Part A, you should produce a PropL formula that translates the English sentence in …
Here’s a PDF handout summarizing today’s in-class discussion of semantic relations amongst sentences, and how they can be identified using propositional logic truth tables: Semantic Relations Amongst Sentences
Here’s a PDF version of the handout on propositional logic that was distributed in class today. Â For those of you in the A1 section (Pete’s section), this version also contains the full truth table for example (3)–once you’ve completed it on your own, you can check your results against this version. The Language of Propositional …