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LIN3021 Formal Semantics Lecture 1

LIN3021 Formal Semantics Lecture 1. Albert Gatt. What this study unit is about. We are concerned (once again) with the question of meaning. Our primary aim will be to look in depth at a number of selected topics, especially: Predication Reference Quantification Tense, aspect and modality.

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LIN3021 Formal Semantics Lecture 7

LIN3021 Formal Semantics Lecture 7. Albert Gatt. In this lecture. We finish our discussion of referring expressions How pronouns work. Plural reference. Generic reference. Part 1. A bit about pronouns. Pronouns are variables.

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LIN3021 Formal Semantics Lecture 8

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LIN3021 Formal Semantics Lecture 11

LIN3021 Formal Semantics Lecture 11. Albert Gatt. In this lecture. Having discussed a leading theory of the semantics of events, we now consider the representation of time and tense. First, we delve a little into the concept of intensionality. Part 1. Possible worlds revisited.

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LIN3021 Formal Semantics Lecture 10

LIN3021 Formal Semantics Lecture 10. Albert Gatt. In this lecture. We shift our focus to events, and ask: How should we think of events in natural language? How do we treat semantic issues related to events, specifically: The nature of events and event modification Time and tense

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LIN3021 Formal Semantics Lecture 4

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LIN3021 Formal Semantics Lecture 9

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LIN3021 Formal Semantics Lecture 3

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