is required. Familiarity with type-logical semantics will be very convenient. Ideally, students have already taken
. Otherwise, it is advised to study this
by Reinhard Muskens in preparation for the course.
Preliminary schedule
See also the
handout used in class, with some additions based on discussion during and after class.
7/11
B0.206 Inquisitive algebra
--------- First assignment, posted 8/11, due 18/11.
11/11
B0.203 Inquisitive semantics, the basic system InqB (
section 4 of CGR 2012).14/11
B0.204 General discussion of relevance for natural language semantics (
section 6 of CGR 2012).
18/11 B0.203 Two more concrete applications: questions & disjunction.
--------- Second assignment, posted 18/11, due 28/11
(extended deadline: 30/11).
Part 3: Quantification
21/11
B0.203 Generalized quantifiers
(chapters 2.1, 2.2, and 4 of Szabolcsi 2010)
After class on 21/11 there will be a LEGO lecture by Jeroen Groenendijk about epistemic and deontic modals in suppositional inquisitive semantics, an extension of the basic inquisitive semantics framework that we have discussed in class. Time: 4pm. Place: OMHP, A2.30 (city centre).
25/11 B0.203 Quantifier particles and compositionality
28/11 B0.203 Type-logical semantics and scope assignment
On 2/12 there will be an extra meeting to talk about the first assignment.
Time: 11.00-13.00. Place: A1.14.
2/12
B0.203 Scopal diversity
Part 4: Quantification and inquisitiveness
Please cc your question/comment for this class to Liz Coppock (eecoppock@gmail.com)
9/12 B0.203 Modified numerals and questions under discussion
Please cc your question/comment for this class to Matthijs Westera (matthijs.westera@gmail.com)
---------Fourth assignment, posted 9/12, due 19/12.
12/12
B0.204 Wrap-up and discussion of some topics involving quantification and inquisitiveness
for possible future work: GQs in inquisitive semantics, quantification into questions,
and quantification over answers to embedded questions.
There is no reading for this class, but please do send us one or two questions, which
can be about anything you have learned about, or would like to have learned about
during the course.