LING 4421

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LING 4421
Semantics I

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Introduces methods for theorizing about meaning within generative grammar. These techniques allow the creation of grammars that pair syntactic structures with meanings. Students look at several empirical areas in detail, among them complementation (combining heads with their arguments), modification, conjunction, definite descriptions, relative clauses, traces, bound pronouns, and quantification. An introduction to logical and mathematical concepts used in linguistic semantics (e.g., set theory, functions and their types, and the lambda notation for naming linguistic meanings) is included in the course.


Prerequisites REF-FA25/Corequisites REF-FA25 LING 3303 or permission of instructor. Corequisites: None.

Distribution Requirements (KCM-AG), (ETM-AS, SMR-AS)

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one independent study. Combined with: LING 6421, PHIL 4730, PHIL 6730

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3068 LING 4421   LEC 001

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    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Abusch, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: LING 3303

  •  7111 LING 4421   IND 601

  •  
    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Abusch, D

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies