Semantics II

PREREQUISITE: LING-GA 1340 OR PERMISSION OF THE INSTRUCTOR.

PREREQUISITE: LING-GA 1340 OR PERMISSION OF THE INSTRUCTOR.

Graduate Semantics II requires Semantics I as a prerequisite. Semantics II aims to continue the training of specialists in semantics and related subfields. The main goals are as follows: learning how to read the primary literature in semantics; learning a certain amount of mathematics underlying the structures on which some semantic explanations rest; becoming acquainted with some of the main problem domains that semanticists tend to worry about, with a slight bias towards topics that are also of interest to related subdisciplines (i.e., topics such as focus and events); learning to evaluate and critique semantic solutions; and---above all---experiencing the deep joy of new semantic insight.