Semantic Theory
| Lecturer: | Noortje Venhuizen |
| Place: | Geb. C72, Seminarraum (1.12) |
| Time: | Tue 10-12, Thu 10-12 |
| Starts: | 21.04.2016 |
Overview
This course provides knowledge about phenomena, formalisms and methods in natural-language semantics, which form the basis for deep semantic processing and provide valuable background information for semantic processing in general.
Topics of this course include:
- Sentence semantics: Higher-order logic and type-theoretical semantics (Montague Grammar); semantics construction and the syntax-semantics interface; quantifier scope and generalized quntifiers
- Lexical semantics: Event semantics and tense; semantic roles and frames; plurals, mass terms, and collective predicates
- Discourse semantics: Definite and indefinite noun phrases, anaphora, Discourse Representation Theory (DRT)
Exercises and Exam
There will be several take-home exercises, and you have to achieve a certain number of points to be admitted to the final exam. More details can be found here.
Prerequisites
Familiarity with first-order predicate logic
Literature
- Gamut, Logic, Language, and Meaning, Vol. 2, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1991
- Kamp/Reyle, From Discourse to Logic, Kluwer, 1993
Role in the degree programmes
M.Sc. Program: Core course
Area: L (Linguistics)
Standard time slot 2nd semester.
Diplomstudiengang Computerlinguistik: Pflicht; Wahlpflichtveranstaltung für MA-NF
Leistungspunkte
6 CP