Advanced Semantic Theory
Module Code: PLIN3004/PLING218
Autumn 2015-16
About
This module is an introduction to formal semantics with a special focus on compositionality and quantification.
NB: This material is taught in PLIN2001 Semantic Theory from Year 2017-18.
Schedule and Material
- Week 1 (8 Octber 2015) Truth-conditions, Sets [ slides (html) ] [ lecture notes (pdf) ] [ assignment (pdf) ]
- Week 2 (15 October 2015) Models, Denotations, Functions [ slides (html) ] [ lecture notes (pdf) ] [ no assingment ]
- Week 3 (22 October 2015) Intransitive verbs, Lambda-Notation [ slides (html) ] [ lecture notes (pdf) ] [ assignment (pdf) ]
- Week 4 (29 October 2015) Transitive verbs, Connectives [ slides (html) ] [ lecture notes (pdf) ] [ assignment (pdf) ]
- Week 5 (5 November 2015) Nouns, Adjectives, Intersective Modification [ slides (html) ] [ lecture notes (pdf) ] [ assignment (pdf) ]
- Week 6 (19 November 2015) Relative clauses, Movement [ slides (html) ] [ lecture notes (pdf) ] [ assignment (pdf) ]
- Week 7 (26 November 2015) Generalized Quantifier Theory I [ slides (html) ] [ lecture notes (pdf) ] [ assignment (pdf) ]
- Week 8 (3 December 2015) Generalized Quantifier Theory II [ slides (html) ] [ lecture notes (pdf) ] [ assignment (pdf) ]
- Week 9 (3 December 2015): NO LECTURE
- Week 10 (10 December 2015) Quantifier Raising and scope [ slides (html) ] [ lecture notes (pdf) ] [ assignment (pdf) ]