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LING 4505 [0.5 credit] Formal Semantics


Advanced topics in compositional semantics and its interfaces. Topics may include: logic, semantic types, lambda calculus, intentional contexts, possible world semantics, interfaces with syntax and pragmatics quantification, anaphora, presupposition, implicatures, scope and binding, and model theory.
Includes: Experiential Learning Activity
Also listed as PHIL 4505.
Prerequisite(s): LING 3505 or PHIL 3506, and third-year standing, or permission of the Department of Philosophy or School of Linguistics and Language Studies.
Seminars three hours a week.