Advanced Semantics
Lecture
Main Campus
Course Description
The primary goal of this course is to cover advanced topics in semantics and pragmatics that are central to research in those fields. Introduction to truth-conditional compositional semantics. Set theory, first- and higher-order logic, and the lambda calculus as they relate to the study of natural language meaning. Additional attention the meanings of tense/aspect markers and modals.
LINGUIST 230B
Units: 2–4
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Typically Offered
Not Available
Grading Basis
Letter or Credit/No Credit
Class Level
Graduate
Instructional Mode
In Person
Gen Ed Requirement(s)
None