Midterm #1 answer key is now available
The answer key to your first midterm exam has now been posted to the “Readings” page.
Archive of entries posted on February 2012
HW4 (due Th 3/1 @ beg. of class)
Your fourth homework assignment is now available for download–just click on the link below for a PDF version. It will be due on Thursday, March 1, at the beginning of class. HW4 (due Th 3/1 @ beg. of class)
Reading for Tu 2/28 & Th 3/1: Levinson §4.3 (pgs. 185-198)
For next Tuesday 2/28 and Thursday 3/1, please read sections 4.3 (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.
Reading for Th 2/23: Levinson §4.0-4.2 (pgs. 167-185)
For next Thursday 2/23, 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.
HW3 Answer Key now available
The HW3 answer key is now available for download from the “Readings” section of this website.
Handout on Semantic Relations Amongst Sentences
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. All of this information was on the boards today, but since I have this handout already from a previous class, I figured that I’d post it anyway, just in case your …
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Propositional Logic Handout
Here’s a PDF version of the handout on propositional logic that was distributed in class today.This version also contains the full truth tables that we constructed in class. The Language of Propositional Logic (PropL)
HW2 Answer Key now available
The HW2 answer key is now available for download from the “Readings” section of this website.
Reading for Th 2/9 : 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 Th 2/9. (Note: §4.2 of the reading uses some terms that you won’t …
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Office Hours for Friday, February 3: 11:30am-1pm
Due to a change in my schedule, my regular Friday office hours will be postponed by one hour, to 11:30am-1pm.