SemanticsBabble
Fall 2006
 


WHAT:
An informal discussion group for semantics and semantics-related topics open to students and faculty (no previous knowledge of semantics is required).

WHEN: Tuesday 1-2pm

WHERE: AP&M 2452

CONTACT: Ivano Caponigro

 
Babbling about:
Suggested readings:
October    
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  • Angelina says: Ivano's babbling about direct speech and deictics
 
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  • What's a presupposition and how does it differ from an entailment or an implicature?
  • FOR A QUICK INTRO:
    - Chierchia & McConnell-Ginet, An introduction to semantics, 2nd ed (C&Mc), Ch.1:17-33

    - Kadmon, Formal pragmatics, Ch1:3-15 [pdf]
    - Levinson, Pragmatics, Ch.4:167-198 [pdf]
    lll
  • FOR SOME MORE DETAILS:
    - Kadmon, Ch.1:15-21, Ch.5
    - C&Mc, Ch.6:349-365
    - Levinson, Pragmatics, Ch.4:199-225
    ppp
  • FOR (ALMOST) ALL THE DETAILS AND THE TECHNICALITIES:
    - C&Mc, Ch.6:365-389
    - Kadmon, Ch.6-11
    llll
  •  Chris Potts on conventional implicatures:
    - easier, shorter, less technical paper [pdf]
    - more technical and difficult paper [pdf]
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  • Laura: "Inference, Coherence, and Pronoun Interpretation"
  • PRESUPPOSITION ACCOMMODATION:
    - intro: von Fintel [pdf]
    - very technical and detailed: Kadmon, Ch.9
    - web page with useful material [thanks Laura!]
    ...
  • PAPERS ANDY MENTIONED:
    - Fillmore: Verbs of judging [pdf]
    -
    Goldberg: Semantic principles of predication [pdf]
24
  • Hannah: On rhetorical questions (I)
  •  Hannah's poster [pdf]
31
  • Hannah: On rhetorical questions (II)
 
     
November    
7
  • Restrictive vs. appositive relative clauses: how do they differ in meaning?
  •  Some readings in case you are curious to know more:
    - Potts: The lexical semantics of parenthetical-as and appositive-which [pdf]
    - Potts: The syntax and semantics of parenthetical as [pdf]
    -
    Del Gobbo: Appositives at the interface [pdf]
14
  •  Laura
 
21
  •  Andy: Preview of LSA talk
 
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(last update: 03/31/2007 )