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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course gives an introduction to the science of linguistic meaning. There are two branches to this discipline: semantics, the study of conventional, "compositional meaning", and pragmatics, the study of interactional meaning. There are other contributaries: philosophy, logic, syntax, and psychology. We will try to give you an understand
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- compositionality
- word meaning
- quantification and logical form
- indexicality
- discourse
- presupposition
- literal meaning vs speaker's meaning
- speech acts
- conversational implicature meaning
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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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I realize that "Modes of Assertion" is a rather cryptic title for the course. What we will explore are ways of modulating the force of an assertion. This will engage us in formal semantics and pragmatics, the theory of speech acts and performative utterances, and quite a bit of empirical work on a not-too-well understood complex of data.
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- linguistics and philosophy
- linguistic theory
- semantics
- typology
- preformatics
- modality
- evidentiality
- embedded assertions
- modes of assertion
- modulation
- force
- formal semantics
- pragmatics
- speech acts
- performative utterances
- language constructions
- english
- german
- quechua
- tibetan
- evidentiality marking
- epistemic modality
- performatives
- evidentials
- direc
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- semantic theory
- pragmatic theory
- form and meaning in natural languages
- ambiguities of structure and of meaning
- compositionality
- word meaning
- quantification and logical form
- indexicality
- discourse
- presupposition
- literal meaning vs speaker's meaning
- speech acts
- conversational implicature meaning
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- linguistics and philosophy
- linguistic theory
- semantics
- typology
- preformatics
- modality
- evidentiality
- embedded assertions
- modes of assertion
- modulation
- force
- formal semantics
- pragmatics
- speech acts
- performative utterances
- language constructions
- english
- german
- quechua
- tibetan
- evidentiality marking
- epistemic modality
- performatives
- evidentials
- direc
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- pragmatic theory
- form and meaning in natural languages
- ambiguities of structure and of meaning
- compositionality
- word meaning
- quantification and logical form
- indexicality
- discourse
- presupposition
- literal meaning vs speaker's meaning
- speech acts
- conversational implicature meaning
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- pragmatic theory
- form and meaning in natural languages
- ambiguities of structure and of meaning
- compositionality
- word meaning
- quantification and logical form
- indexicality
- discourse
- presupposition
- literal meaning vs speaker's meaning
- speech acts
- conversational implicature meaning
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- form and meaning in natural languages
- ambiguities of structure and of meaning
- compositionality
- word meaning
- quantification and logical form
- indexicality
- discourse
- presupposition
- literal meaning vs speaker's meaning
- speech acts
- conversational implicature meaning
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- form and meaning in natural languages
- ambiguities of structure and of meaning
- compositionality
- word meaning
- quantification and logical form
- indexicality
- discourse
- presupposition
- literal meaning vs speaker's meaning
- speech acts
- conversational implicature meaning
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- pragmatic theory
- form and meaning in natural languages
- ambiguities of structure and of meaning
- compositionality
- word meaning
- quantification and logical form
- indexicality
- discourse
- presupposition
- literal meaning vs speaker's meaning
- speech acts
- conversational implicature meaning
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- form and meaning in natural languages
- ambiguities of structure and of meaning
- compositionality
- word meaning
- quantification and logical form
- indexicality
- discourse
- presupposition
- literal meaning vs speaker's meaning
- speech acts
- conversational implicature meaning
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- ambiguities of structure and of meaning
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- word meaning
- quantification and logical form
- indexicality
- discourse
- presupposition
- literal meaning vs speaker's meaning
- speech acts
- conversational implicature meaning
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- form and meaning in natural languages
- ambiguities of structure and of meaning
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- word meaning
- quantification and logical form
- indexicality
- discourse
- presupposition
- literal meaning vs speaker's meaning
- speech acts
- conversational implicature meaning
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- form and meaning in natural languages
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- quantification and logical form
- indexicality
- discourse
- presupposition
- literal meaning vs speaker's meaning
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- semantic theory
- pragmatic theory
- form and meaning in natural languages
- ambiguities of structure and of meaning
- compositionality
- word meaning
- quantification and logical form
- indexicality
- discourse
- presupposition
- literal meaning vs speaker's meaning
- speech acts
- conversational implicature meaning
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This OER is part of OCW: Topics in Linguistics Theory
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- linguistics and philosophy
- linguistic theory
- semantics
- typology
- preformatics
- modality
- evidentiality
- embedded assertions
- modes of assertion
- modulation
- force
- formal semantics
- pragmatics
- speech acts
- performative utterances
- language constructions
- english
- german
- quechua
- tibetan
- evidentiality marking
- epistemic modality
- performatives
- evidentials
- direc
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- linguistics and philosophy
- linguistic theory
- semantics
- typology
- preformatics
- modality
- evidentiality
- embedded assertions
- modes of assertion
- modulation
- force
- formal semantics
- pragmatics
- speech acts
- performative utterances
- language constructions
- english
- german
- quechua
- tibetan
- evidentiality marking
- epistemic modality
- performatives
- evidentials
- direc
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