The first two lectures discuss generalizations, inferences, and implicatures of the statement "John did some of the homework." (This image is in the public domain.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Danny Fox
MIT Course Number
24.954
As Taught In
Spring 2010
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course is the third and final part of our graduate introduction to semantics. The other two classes are 24.970 Introduction to Semantics and 24.973 Advanced Semantics. The semester will be divided into somewhat independent units. One unit will be devoted to conversational implicatures (mainly scalar implicatures) and another to presupposition. In each unit, we will discuss basic concepts and technical tools and then devote some time to recent work which illustrates their application.
Other Versions
Other OCW Versions
OCW has published multiple versions of this subject. 