PHIL 6731

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PHIL 6731
Semantics II

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

Uses the techniques introduced in Semantics I to analyze linguistic phenomena, including quantifier scope, ellipsis, and referential pronouns. Temporal and possible worlds semantics are introduced and used in the analysis of modality, tense, and belief sentences. The phenomena of presupposition, indefinite descriptions, and anaphora are analyzed in a dynamic compositional framework that formalizes the idea that sentence meaning effects a change in an information state.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: PHIL 6730 or permission of instructor.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2023SP, 2022SP, 2021SP

When Offered Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 6422

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19400 PHIL 6731   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Rooth, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person