HW3 (due 2/14 @ beg. of class)
Your third homework assignment is now available for download–just click on the link below for a PDF version.  It will be due on Monday, February  14, at the beginning of class. HW3 (due 2/14 @ beg. of class)
Archive of entries posted on February 2011
Reading for W 2/9 & F 2/11: Löbner §4.2-4.3 (pgs. 62-73)
I’ve posted a short excerpt from another Semantics textbook (written by Sebastian Löbner) in the “Readings” section of the website.  It discusses how certain semantic relationships between sentences, such as entailment, can be modeled in Propositional Logic.  Please read this excerpt for W 2/9 and F/211. (Note:  §4.2 of the reading uses some terms that …
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Definition of ‘denial’
A few of you asked if I could re-state the definition of denial, since it is relevant to Part I of your current homework assignment. Â Here it is: Sentence A is the denial of sentence B: it is impossible for A and B to both be true, and it is also impossible for A and …
Handout on ‘all’, ‘most’, ‘some’, and their implicatures
Here’s a PDF version of the handout entitled “All, most, and some: A case study in implicature”, which we (Pete’s section) worked through in today class: ‘All’, ‘most’, and ‘some’: A case study in implicature
HW1 answer key (UPDATED)
The HW1 answer key is now available for download. Â So as to restrict their availability, we’ve decided to post your HW answer keys in the “Readings” section of this website–just use the password listed on your syllabus to access them.
Reading for F 2/4 & M 2/7: Kearns §2.1-2.2 (pgs. 25-35)
For Friday 2/4 and Monday 2/7, please read sections 2.1 and 2.2 (pgs. 25-35) of the Kearns textbook. Â The reading describes the language of propositional logic, a precisely-defined formal language that allows us to represent the truth conditions of certain English sentences. Â We will spend our next several lectures becoming acquainted with the language of …
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