Homework 2 Answer Key available
I’ve put together an answer key for your second homework assignment, which can be downloaded from the “Readings” section of this website.
Archive of entries posted on October 2012
Reading Response #4: Stalnaker 1974 (due M 11/5)
Your (new) fourth reading response assignment can be downloaded here: Reading Response: Stalnaker (1974)
Reading for M 11/5: Stalnaker 1974; Lewis 1979 (pgs. 339-353)
For M 11/5, please read the following two articles, which may both be downloaded from the “Readings” section of this website. 1. Stalnaker, Robert C. 1974. Pragmatic presuppositions. In Milton K. Munitz and Peter K. Unger (eds.), Semantics and Philosophy, 197-213. New York: New York University Press. (Reprinted in Stalnaker 1999, 47-62.) 2. Lewis, David. 1979. Scorekeeping in a language …
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Update: Prof. Fraser’s guest lecture re-scheduled for Monday, November 12
Professor Fraser’s guest lecture on pragmatic markers, which was originally scheduled for Monday, October 29, has been re-scheduled for Monday, November 12. The required readings for his re-scheduled visit will remain the same, as will the reading response assignment. So, if you had already completed these in advance of our now-cancelled 10/29 class meeting, just …
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Mon. 10/29 Class Cancelled
As you have undoubtedly heard by now, today’s Pragmatics class has been cancelled. Professor Fraser has graciously offered to visit our class at a later point during the semester–I am currently working with him to find a date that will work for both of our schedules. What this means is that your fourth reading response assignment …
Reading Response #4: Fraser on pragmatic markers (due M 10/29)
Your fourth reading response assignment can be downloaded here: Reading Response: Fraser on pragmatic markers
Reading for M 10/29: Fraser 1996, 2008, 2009
As I announced in class, we will have a guest lecture from Prof. Bruce Fraser (SED) next Monday, 10/29. Prof. Fraser will share with us his past and current research on discourse markers. He has kindly passed along the following three articles, which should be read in advance of our next class meeting (they are …
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Reading Response #3: Karttunen 1973 (due M 10/22)
Your third reading response assignment can be downloaded here: Reading Response: Karttunen (1973)
Reading for M 10/22: Huang 2007, Ch. 3 (pgs. 64-75); Karttunen 1973 (skip §8,10,11)
For M 10/22, please read the following two items, which may both be downloaded from the “Readings” section of this website. 1. Huang, Yan. 2007. Pragmatics, Chap. 3 (‘Presupposition’), pgs. 64-75. 2. Karttunen, Lauri. 1973. Presuppositions of compound sentences. Linguistic Inquiry 4: 169-193. (Note: You should skip sections 8,10,11 of the Karttunen paper.)
HW2 (due M 10/15 @ beg. of class)
Your second homework assignment is now available for download–just click on the link below for a PDF version. It will be due on Monday, October 15, at the beginning of class. HW2 (due M 10/15 @ beg. of class)