PHIL 4730

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PHIL 4730
Semantics I

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

Introduces methods for theorizing about meaning within generative grammar. These techniques allow the creation of grammars that pair syntactic structures with meanings. Students look at several empirical areas in detail, among them complementation (combining heads with their arguments), modification, conjunction, definite descriptions, relative clauses, traces, bound pronouns, and quantification. An introduction to logical and mathematical concepts used in linguistic semantics (e.g., set theory, functions and their types, and the lambda notation for naming linguistic meanings) is included in the course.

When Offered Fall.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: LING 3303 or permission of instructor.

Distribution Category (ETM-AS, SMR-AS) (KCM-AG)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: LING 4421, LING 6421, PHIL 6730

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5341 PHIL 4730   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Abusch, D

  • 11284 PHIL 4730   IND 601

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    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 9, 2024

    • Abusch, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies