Topics may include: desiderata for an empirical theory of meaning; philosophical and logical precursors to contemporary truth-conditional semantics; Montague grammar and/or other intensional frameworks; quantification, anaphora, and logical form; boundaries between syntax, semantics and pragmatics; recent applications of formal semantics. Prerequisite(s): two of PHIL 2001, LALS/LING/COMM/MCOM/PHIL 2504, LALS 2003, LALS 2005, LING 2005, LALS 3505, LING 3505.Lectures three hours a week.
Topics may include: desiderata for an empirical theory of meaning; philosophical and logical precursors to contemporary truth-conditional semantics; Montague grammar and/or other intensional frameworks; quantification, anaphora, and logical form; boundaries between syntax, semantics and pragmatics; recent applications of formal semantics. Prerequisite(s): two of PHIL 2001, LALS/LING/COMM/MCOM/PHIL 2504, LALS 2003, LALS 2005, LING 2005, LALS 3505, LING 3505.Lectures three hours a week.