2005 New York-St. Petersburg Institute of Cognitive and Cultural Studies
C-1: Introduction to Semantics (Christopher Potts)

Introduction to Semantics

Christopher Potts
Department of Linguistics
UMass Amherst
Session 1 (July 4-15)
Week 1: T/Th, 12:30-1:50, Room 178/198
Week 2: M/W/F, 12:30-1:50, Room 178/198

The goal of compositional semantic analysis is to uncover the principles governing how meaningful expressions combine to form larger meaningful expressions in natural languages. I'll provide historical and conceptual background on semantic theory, but the emphasis will be on doing semantics: working through problems, assessing and improving existing analyses, and finding new topics to explore.

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