Natural language research announcements

[Margaret Fleck <mfleck AT cs.uiuc.edu>]

This may be of interest to some folks outside pure linguistics...

Margaret

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Subject: LING 507: Formal Semantics I
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 11:53:50 -0600
From: Peter Lasersohn 
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Reply-To: Lasersohn, Peter Nathan 
<lasersoh AT illinois.edu>
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"Language without meaning is meaningless."  -- Roman Jakobson

Ling 507 -- Formal Semantics I

An introduction to semantic theory for natural language, in a compositional, type-theoretic 
framework.  Specific topics to be covered include function-argument structure, quantification, and 
anaphora, as well as basic issues concerning the general architecture of a semantic theory.  A 
valuable course not only for students specializing in semantics, but also for those with an interest 
in syntactic theory, pragmatics, computational linguistics, and many other areas.

The listed prerequisite of LING 407 (Intro to Mathematical Linguistics) will not be enforced this 
semester.

Meeting time: MWF 9:00-9:50.  Location: Davenport 169.  Instructor: Peter 
Lasersohn

Register now!