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Formal Semantics, fall 2024

Date: November 17, 2024

Fall 2024

BCL, Université Côte d’Azur

Formal Semantics

Instructor: Friederike Moltmann

Contact: fmoltmann@unice.fr

Time: Mondays 10.00h-12.00h

Campus St. Angely, 25 ave Mitterand, 06300 Nice

Requirements:

  • Regular readings
  • Active participation in the course and preparation of answers to problems
  • Take-home exam

Main text:

Elisabeth Coppock / Lucas Champollion: Introduction to Formal Semantics (IFS)

Available online: https://eecoppock.info/semantics-boot-camp-spring-2024.pdf

 

Schedule

Session 1 (November 18):

What is Formal Semantics? (handout)

Session 2 (November 25):

Foundations of Semantics (IFS, chap. 1)

Sets, Relations, Functions (IFS, chap. 2)

Session 3 (December 2):

Negative polarity items, Sets, Relations, Functions (IFS, chap. 2)

Session 4 (December 9):

Propositional Logic and its Linguistic Applications (IFS, chap. 3)

Session 5 (December 16):

Predicate Logic and Its Linguistic Applications (IFS, chap. 4)