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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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- semantics
- typology
- preformatics
- modality
- evidentiality
- embedded assertions
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- modulation
- force
- formal semantics
- pragmatics
- speech acts
- performative utterances
- language constructions
- english
- german
- quechua
- tibetan
- evidentiality marking
- epistemic modality
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The course introduces formal theories of context-dependency, presupposition, implicature, context-change, focus and topic. Special emphasis is on the division of labor between semantics and pragmatics. It also covers applications to the analysis of quantification, definiteness, presupposition projection, conditionals and modality, anaphora,
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- linguistics and philosophy
- context-dependency
- presupposition
- implicature
- context-change
- focus and topic
- division of labor
- semantics
- pragmatics
- quantification
- definiteness
- presupposition projection
- conditionals
- modality
- anaphora
File: 24-910-spring-2003.zip
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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
File: 24-954-fall-2006.zip
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- linguistics and philosophy
- context-dependency
- presupposition
- implicature
- context-change
- focus and topic
- division of labor
- semantics
- pragmatics
- quantification
- definiteness
- presupposition projection
- conditionals
- modality
- anaphora
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- linguistics and philosophy
- context-dependency
- presupposition
- implicature
- context-change
- focus and topic
- division of labor
- semantics
- pragmatics
- quantification
- definiteness
- presupposition projection
- conditionals
- modality
- anaphora
File: Be_Articulate.pdf
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- linguistics and philosophy
- context-dependency
- presupposition
- implicature
- context-change
- focus and topic
- division of labor
- semantics
- pragmatics
- quantification
- definiteness
- presupposition projection
- conditionals
- modality
- anaphora
File: Hagstrom2003-glot.pdf
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- linguistics and philosophy
- context-dependency
- presupposition
- implicature
- context-change
- focus and topic
- division of labor
- semantics
- pragmatics
- quantification
- definiteness
- presupposition projection
- conditionals
- modality
- anaphora
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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
- context-dependency
- presupposition
- implicature
- context-change
- focus and topic
- division of labor
- semantics
- pragmatics
- quantification
- definiteness
- presupposition projection
- conditionals
- modality
- anaphora
File: embedded.pdf
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- linguistics and philosophy
- context-dependency
- presupposition
- implicature
- context-change
- focus and topic
- division of labor
- semantics
- pragmatics
- quantification
- definiteness
- presupposition projection
- conditionals
- modality
- anaphora
File: on_demand.pdf
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- linguistics and philosophy
- context-dependency
- presupposition
- implicature
- context-change
- focus and topic
- division of labor
- semantics
- pragmatics
- quantification
- definiteness
- presupposition projection
- conditionals
- modality
- anaphora
File: presupposition1.pdf
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- linguistics and philosophy
- context-dependency
- presupposition
- implicature
- context-change
- focus and topic
- division of labor
- semantics
- pragmatics
- quantification
- definiteness
- presupposition projection
- conditionals
- modality
- anaphora
File: 1_introduction.pdf
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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
File: more_questions.pdf
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- context-dependency
- presupposition
- implicature
- context-change
- focus and topic
- division of labor
- semantics
- pragmatics
- quantification
- definiteness
- presupposition projection
- conditionals
- modality
- anaphora
File: 2_evidentials.pdf
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- linguistic theory
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- 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
File: kratzer_part2.pdf
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- linguistics and philosophy
- context-dependency
- presupposition
- implicature
- context-change
- focus and topic
- division of labor
- semantics
- pragmatics
- quantification
- definiteness
- presupposition projection
- conditionals
- modality
- anaphora
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