Topic |
Readings | Assignments | |
F, Aug 29 | Introduction | The Generative Lexicon (1995), Chapters 1 and 2 | |
T, Sep 1 | The Problem of Polysemy | The Generative Lexicon (1995), Chapter 3 | Polysemy Examples |
F, Sep 4 | Sense Enumerative Lexicons | The Generative Lexicon (1995), Chapter 4 | |
T, Sep 8 | Introduction to Feature Structures | Copestake and de Paiva | |
F, Sep 11 | Typed Feature Structures | The Generative Lexicon (1995), Chapter 5 | |
T, Sep 15 | Qualia Structures | The Generative Lexicon (1995), Chapter 6, Partee | |
F, Sep 18 | Semantic Types and Type Shifting | The Generative Lexicon (1995), Chapter 7, Additional Reading | |
T, Sep 22 | Generative Mechanisms in Semantics: Coercion | GL Summary | |
F, Sep 25 | Event Semantics | The Language of Time: Tense Aspect and Event Structure, Vendler: Verbs and Times, Bach: The Algebra of Events | |
F, Oct 2 | Event Semantics | Pustejovsky: The Syntax of Event Structure, Reichenbach: The Tenses of Verbs | |
T, Oct 6 | Event Semantics | Moens and Steedman | |
F, Oct 9 | Event Semantics | The Generative Lexicon (1995), Chapter 8 | |
T, Oct 13 | Semantics of Nominals | ||
F, Oct 16 | Semantics of Causation | The Generative Lexicon (1995), Chapter 9, Asher and Pustejovsky | Topic Proposal |
T, Oct 20 | New Directions in GL | ||
F, Oct 23 | Presentations, Day 1 | ||
T, Oct 27 | Presentations, Day 2 | ||
F, Oct 30 | Presentations, Day 3 | ||
T, Nov 3 | GLML with Guest Lecturer: Dr. Rumshisky | ||
F, Nov 6 | |||
T, Nov 10 | Parsons: The Progressive in English, Tenny and Pustejovsky: A History of Events in Linguistic Theory, Pustejovsky: Events and the Semantics of Opposition | ||
F, Nov 13 | |||
T, Nov 17 | Groenendijk and Stokhof: Dynamic Predicate Logic | ||
F, Nov 20 | GL Corpus Studies with Guest Lecturer: Dr. Rumshisky | ||
T, Nov 24 | |||
T, Dec 1 |