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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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 …

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As I said during our first class meeting, each of you will participate in a group presentation at some point during the semester, during which you and the other members of your group will be responsible for summarizing and discussing one of the week’s readings.  There will be five group presentations in total, each devoted …

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Your first reading response assignment (as well as some valuable background information regarding the Partee paper) can be downloaded here: Reading Response: Partee (1989)

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