Exercises
| ASSN # | TOPICS | QUESTIONS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pragmatics and implicatures | What implicatures is the second sentence of (38) predicted to have by the Neo-Gricean account we’ve outlined? (See “Pragmatics and implicatures” lecture note) |
| 2 | Chierchia’s Puzzle and Sauerland’s account | Prove that the Sauerland-Exhaustivity Generalization is indeed predicted by Sauerland’s theory. Solution (PDF) |
| 3 | Economy and embedded exhaustification | Sauerland’s system and the exhaustivity operator (PDF) |
| 4 | Presuppositions; introductory comments | Construct lexical entries for or and if then, guided by the Strong Kleene and the Peters intuition as it was stated in the lecture notes. |
Squib
Enrolled students are required to write a squib due at the end of the semester. In the unmarked case, the squib consists of critical discussion of an article (or a group of related articles) which is relevant to the topics covered in this class. It should include:
- a clear and self-contained presentation of the main claims and arguments in the article(s)
- an explanation of why and how they bear on issues discussed in class
- problems, possible amendments, or further extensions and applications
Students are strongly encouraged to make appointments to talk about their thoughts throughout the semester (not just when squibs are due). A short squib proposal is due one month before the end of term, and the squib itself is due on the last class.
