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LINGUIST 3II3

SEMANTICS

Undergraduate

Fall 2026 · C01

Readings

  • What Is Meaning - Fundamentals Of Formal Semantics
    Portner · Suggested
    ISBN 9781405109185
Fall 2026 · C01

Topics

  • Intro; compositionality
  • Logical words; semantic & speaker’s meaning
  • More on compositional semantics; saturation
  • ONLINE; Semantic types; argument composition
  • Predicate modification
  • Definite expressions
  • Review & midterm (Oct 29)
  • Movement; quantifiers
  • Intensional contexts; Tense
  • Aspect, Tense; modals
  • Presuppositions; focus
  • Propositional attitudes

Readings

  • What is Meaning?: Fundamentals of Formal Semantics
    Paul Portner · Recommended / optional
    ISBN 1405109181; 978-1405109185
  • unit 1
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  • unit 1.3
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  • unit 2
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  • unit 3
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  • unit 4
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  • unit 5.1
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  • unit 6
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  • unit 7, 8.1
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  • unit 8.2-8.3
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  • unit 10
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  • unit 9
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