Linguist 130c is the section accompanying Linguist 130a/230a. We will build on the technical tools introduced in the lecture, practice their use, and explore the similarities and differences of what we are doing with logic.
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| 15 | Introduction to Sets: Notation, central properties, set relations (intersection, union, set difference, complementation, subset relation, powerset) | Theory Exercises Solutions |
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| 22 | Sets of sets, tuples, relations, functions, characteristic function and characteristic set | Theory Exercises Solutions |
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| 29 | Practiced semantic composition using the trees in the 'semantic composition' handout from lecture. | ||
| Feb 5 | Midterm review | Exercises Solutions |
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| 12 | Conversational implicatures | ||
| 19 | Presuppositions | Exercises Solutions |
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| 26 | Discussion: Why do we need possible worlds? | ||
| Mar 5 | Focus, Interrogatives, and Conversational Implicatures | Exercises Solutions |
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