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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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- 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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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course explores topics related to the representation and expression of propositional attitudes (e.g. belief, knowledge, and desires) and speech acts (e.g. saying and asking) in natural language. The main focus will be on semantics of predicates such as believe, know, want, say, ask, etc. Other topics will include the syntax of main and
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- linguistics and philosophy
- linguistic theory
- linguistics
- propositional attitudes
- semantics
- presupposition
- sequence of tense
- self-locating attitudes
- logophors
- cp structure
- embedded clauses
- control
- raising
- pramatics
- evidentials
- expressive meaning
- conversation
- common ground
- assertion
- embedding verbs
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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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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: 24-903-spring-2005.zip
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- linguistics and philosophy
- 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
File: 24-910-spring-2009.zip
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- linguistics and philosophy
- linguistic theory
- linguistics
- propositional attitudes
- semantics
- presupposition
- sequence of tense
- self-locating attitudes
- logophors
- cp structure
- embedded clauses
- control
- raising
- pramatics
- evidentials
- expressive meaning
- conversation
- common ground
- assertion
- embedding verbs
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
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- linguistics and philosophy
- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 Linguistic Theory: Propositional Attitudes
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This OER is part of OCW: Topics in Linguistic Theory: Propositional Attitudes
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Inherited Tag(s):
- linguistics and philosophy
- linguistic theory
- linguistics
- propositional attitudes
- semantics
- presupposition
- sequence of tense
- self-locating attitudes
- logophors
- cp structure
- embedded clauses
- control
- raising
- pramatics
- evidentials
- expressive meaning
- conversation
- common ground
- assertion
- embedding verbs
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