I’ve put together a handout summarizing the four major aspectual classes of verb phrases, as well as our tests for distinguishing members of different aspectual classes.  You might find this handout useful when completing this week’s homework assignment. Aspectual Classes of Verb Phrases

Here is the handout on First-Order Predicate Logic (FOPL) that was distributed in today’s class: The Language of First-Order Predicate Logic (FOPL)

Here are complete versions (PDF) of the handouts on Predicate Logic that were distributed in class: The Language of Predicate Logic A Sample Model for Predicate Logic Semantics

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)

Here’s a handout entitled “All, most, and some: A case study in scalar implicature”, which summarizes what we saw in today’s class.  The notion “scalar implicature” will remain with us throughout the semester, so it will pay to review this material, and make sure that you understand each step in the reasoning process that underlies scalar implicatures. …

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Here’s a handout which (i) summarizes some of the key concepts we’ve introduced in class so far, and (ii) summarizes our discussion of entailments, as well as our tests for identifying them.  Since these tests do not appear anywhere in your readings, I thought that this would be a useful addition to your notes.  You …

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