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CS216: Computational Semantics and Generative Lexicon Theory

Brandeis University, Fall 2009

Readings

  • The Generative Lexicon (1995), Chapters 1 and 2 (08/28/09)
  • Copestake et al: Feature Structures and de Paiva: Types(09/08/09)
  • Blackburn's Feature Structure Notes(09/11/09)
  • Partee: Lexical Semantics and Compositionality(9/18/09)
  • Pustejovsky: Type Theory and Lexical Decomposition(9/22/09)
  • The Language of Time: Tense Aspect and Event Structure(10/2/09)
  • Vendler: Verbs and Times(10/2/09)
  • Bach: The Algebra of Events(10/2/09)
  • Pustejovsky: The Syntax of Event Structure(10/6/09)
  • Reichenbach: The Tenses of Verbs(10/6/09)
  • Im and Pustejovsky: Annotating Event Implicatures for Textual Inference Tasks(10/6/09)
  • Moens and Steedman: Temporal Ontology and Temporal Reference(10/9/09)
  • Asher and Pustejovsky: A Type Composition Logic for Generative Lexicon(10/13/09)
  • Parsons: The Progressive in English(11/6/09)
  • Tenny and Pustejovsky: A History of Events in Linguistic Theory(11/6/09)
  • Pustejovsky: Events and the Semantics of Opposition(11/6/09)
  • Groenendijk and Stokhof: Dynamic Predicate Logic(11/12/09)

Class Slides

  • Extensions to Generative Lexicon(10/16/09)