050.817: Research seminar in semantics (fall 2009)

Previous editions

Spring 2009

Current edition

Instructor: Kyle Rawlins
Meeting: F 1-3, seminar room

This version has many and varied topics (including dynamic semantics, thematic roles, information structure/intonation, predication, evidentiality).

Syllabus

Sep 11Kako 2006, "Thematic role properties of subjects and objects"
Sep 18Groenendijk and Stokhof 1998, "Meaning in Motion"
Sep 25Discuss WCCFL abstracts
Oct 2Groenendijk and Stokhof 1991, DPL
Oct 9Groenendijk 1999, Logic of interrogation
Oct 16Mikkelsen (to appear), Copular clauses
Oct 23Joint meeting with Rapp Lab & Miozzo lab to discuss GFE results (no reading)
Oct 30Thothathiri and Snedeker, The role of thematic roles in sentence processing
Nov 6Steedman 2007, Information-structural semantics for English intonation
Nov 13No meeting (NELS)
Nov 20Gunlogson 2008, A question of commitment
Nov 27No meeting (thanksgiving break)
Dec 4TBD
Dec 11No meeting
Dec 18? LSA practice talks?

Readings

Readings are available (note: this is currently a lie) in a password protected directory here. Ask me if you don't know the password.