This course is a survey of properties of meaning in language (semantics) and communication strategies people use when they talk to each other (pragmatics).
Course Materials
Lectures
Unit 1 (Exam: Tuesday 24 February)
Thursday 29 January – Lecture 1 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Tuesday 3 February – Lecture 2 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Thursday 5 February – Lecture 3 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Tuesday 10 February – Lecture 4 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Tuesday 17 February – Lecture 5 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Thursday 19 February – Lecture 6 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Unit 2 (Exam: Tuesday 31 March)
Thursday 5 March – Lecture 7 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Tuesday 10 March – Lecture 8 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Thursday 12 March – Lecture 9 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Tuesday 17 March – Lecture 10 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht, APA_Guidelines_OWL-Purdue)
Thursday 19 March – Lecture 11 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Tuesday 24 March – Lecture 12 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Thursday 26 March – Lecture 13 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Tuesday 31 March – Lecture 14 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Thursday 2 April – Lecture 15 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Unit 3
Tuesday 14 April – Lecture 16 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Thursday 16 April – Lecture 17 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Tuesday 21 April – Lecture 18 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Thursday 23 April – Lecture 19 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Tuesday 28 April – Lecture 20 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Thursday 30 April – Lecture 21 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Tuesday 5 May – Lecture 22 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Thursday 7 May- Lecture 23 (Presentation-blk, Handout-wht)
Assignments
Homework Packet 1 (Due: Tuesday 24 February)
Assignment 1 – Prepare for Tuesday 3 February class (PDF, Tex)
Assignment 2 – Prepare for Tuesday 10 February class (PDF, Tex)
Assignment 3 – Prepare for Tuesday 17 February class (PDF, Tex; Articles to Read: Barner & Snedeker (2005), McNabb & Penka (2014), Syrett et al (2010), Ursini (2014))
Assignment 4 – Prepare for Thursday 19 February class (PDF, Tex)
Assignment 5 – Prepare for Tuesday 24 February class (PDF, Tex, Frege (1892) On Sense and Reference)
Unit 2
Assignment 6 – Due Thursday 12 March (PDF, Tex)
Assignment 7 – Due Tuesday 10 March (PDF, Tex)
Assignment 8 – Due Thursday 12 March (PDF, Tex)
Assignment 9 – Due Thursday 19 March (PDF, Tex)
Assignment 10 – Due Tuesday 24 March (PDF, Tex)
Assignment 11 – Due Thursday 26 March
Assignment 12 – Due Tuesday 31 March
* Semantic Valency Reading – Santorini and Kroch (2007)
* Quantifiers Reading – section 1.5 of ch.1, Sam Vendervelde (2010)
* Function Reading [Optional] – Frege (1891) ‘Function and Concept’
* Logic [Optional] – The remainder of ch. 1 of Vendervelde (2010)
* Set theory [Optional] – ch.2, Sam Vendervelde (2010)
Assignment 13 – Due Thursday 2 April
* Answer Key: PDF, TeX
Unit 3
Assignment 14 – Due Thursday 16 April (PDF, Tex)
Assignment 15 – Due Tuesday 21 April (PDF, Tex)
Assignment 16 – Due Tuesday 28 April (PDF, Tex)
Read Sherlock script looking for conventional and conversational implicatures for lecture on Thursday 30 April (PDF)
Assignment 17 – Due Thursday 14 May (PDF, Tex)
Exams
Exam II
Review: PDF
Answer Key: PDF
Group Project
Experiment Replication
Proposal Due: Thursday 19 March
Presentation Due: Thursday 2 April
Group Project No. 1 Guidelines (PDF)
Novel Experiment
Proposal Due: Thursday 7 May
Presentation Due: Tuesday 19 May
Group Project No. 2 Guidelines (PDF)