{"id":7,"date":"2012-01-13T18:53:29","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T23:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ling-blogs.bu.edu\/lxtemplate\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2013-01-16T08:08:29","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T13:08:29","slug":"schedule","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ling-blogs.bu.edu\/lx502s13\/schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Note: the following schedule is subject to change.<\/p>\n

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Week<\/th>\nDate<\/th>\nTopic<\/th>\nReading<\/th>\nAssignments<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nTh 1\/17<\/td>\nCourse Overview; Requirements<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nTu 1\/22<\/td>\nTowards a Theory of Meaning: <\/strong>Truth, truth-conditions, and compositionality; Entailments, presuppositions, and implicatures<\/td>\nKearns Chap. 1;
\nChierchia & McConnell-Ginet, excerpt from Meaning and Grammar<\/em> (16-22)<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Th 1\/24<\/td>\nHW1 out<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nTu 1\/29<\/td>\nConversational Implicature: <\/strong> Sentence meaning vs. speaker meaning; Grice’s maxims; Varieties of implicature; Scalar implicature<\/td>\nBirner \u00a72.1 (40-62)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Th 1\/31<\/td>\nHW1 due;
\nHW2 out<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nTu 2\/5<\/td>\nBirner \u00a72.2-2.3 (62-73)
\n(skip \u00a72.2.2 (66-68))<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Th 2\/7<\/td>\nPropositional Logic: <\/strong> Meaning at the sentence level; Sentential connectives; Semantic relations amongst sentences<\/td>\nKearns \u00a72.1-2.2 (24-32)<\/td>\nHW2 due;
\nHW3 out<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nTu 2\/12<\/td>\nL\u00f6bner \u00a74.2-4.3 (62-73)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Th 2\/14<\/td>\nA Case Study: and<\/em> vs. &<\/td>\n<\/td>\nHW3 due
\n(F 2\/15 @ 5pm)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nTu 2\/19<\/td>\nMidterm Exam #1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Th 2\/21<\/td>\nPresupposition:<\/strong> Triggers and the S-Family test<\/td>\nBirner \u00a75.1-5.2 (146-155)<\/td>\nHW4 out<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nTu 2\/26<\/td>\nNO CLASS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Th 2\/28<\/td>\nPresupposition (cont.):<\/strong> Given vs. new; Semantic vs. pragmatic presupposition<\/td>\nBirner \u00a75.5-5.6 (163-172)<\/td>\nHW4 due;
\nHW5 out<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nTu 3\/5<\/td>\nPredicate Logic:<\/strong> Meaning below the sentence level; Predicates and arguments<\/td>\nKearns \u00a72.3 (32-39)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Th 3\/7<\/td>\nHW5 due
\n(F 3\/8 @ 5pm)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spring Break (Sa 3\/9 – Su 3\/17)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nTu 3\/19<\/td>\nLexical Semantics:<\/strong> Semantic relations amongst words; Lexical opposites; Varieties of adjectival modifiers<\/td>\nL\u00f6bner Chap. 5<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Th 3\/21<\/td>\nHW6 out<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nTu 3\/26<\/td>\nArgument Structure:<\/strong> Predicates and thematic roles; Linking theory; Alternations and implicit arguments<\/td>\nKearns \u00a710.1-10.3 (206-220)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Th 3\/28<\/td>\n<\/td>\nHW6 due<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nTu 4\/2<\/td>\nMidterm Exam #2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Th 4\/4<\/td>\nFirst-Order Predicate Logic<\/strong> The quantifiers all<\/em> and some<\/em>; The Aristotelian Square of Opposition; Scope ambiguities<\/td>\nBach Chap. 1
\n(focus on 6-17)<\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nTu 4\/9<\/td>\nKearns Chap. 3<\/td>\nHW7 out<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Th 4\/11<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nTu 4\/16<\/td>\nGeneralized Quantifiers:<\/strong> Expressive capacity of FOPL; The problem of most<\/em>; Restricted quantifier notation<\/td>\nKearns \u00a76.1-6.2 (94-99)<\/td>\nHW7 due;
\nHW8 out<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Th 4\/18<\/td>\nNO CLASS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nTu 4\/23<\/td>\nGeneralized Quantifiers (cont.):<\/strong> Quantified NPs and compositionality; Set-based definitions of quantifiers<\/td>\nKearns \u00a76.3-6.7 (99-111)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Th 4\/25<\/td>\nNegative Polarity Items<\/td>\nKearns \u00a76.9 (118-121)<\/td>\nHW8 due;
\nHW9 out<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nTu 4\/30<\/td>\nNouns and Verbs:<\/strong> Aspectual classes of verbs; Distributive vs. collective predicates; Plurals and universally quantified NPs<\/td>\nKearns \u00a78.1-8.3 (156-166)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Th 5\/2<\/td>\nVendler, “Each<\/em> and Every<\/em>, Any<\/em> and All”<\/em><\/td>\nHW9 due<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nTu 5\/7<\/td>\nFinal Exam (12:30-2:30pm)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Note: the following schedule is subject to change. Week Date Topic Reading Assignments 1 Th 1\/17 Course Overview; Requirements 2 Tu 1\/22 Towards a Theory of Meaning: Truth, truth-conditions, and compositionality; Entailments, presuppositions, and implicatures Kearns Chap. 1; Chierchia & McConnell-Ginet, excerpt from Meaning and Grammar (16-22) Th 1\/24 HW1 out 3 Tu 1\/29 Conversational …<\/p>\n

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