語意學專題

Semantics Seminar

學期

107-1

學分

0 學分

當期課號

5767

永久課號

ILC5118

開課單位

外國語文學系外國文學與語言學碩士班

授課教師

廖秀真

類別

選修

上課時間表

節	週三
2 09:00–09:50	語意學專題 F322 3 節連堂
3 10:10–11:00
4 11:10–12:00

* 根據陽明交大上課時間表所列

概述

This course will focus on Event Semantics, an important topic in formal semantics. Through discussing the formal representations of events and the related issues such as event quantification, plurality, and grouping, students will gain knowledge in these theories and semantic operations, and they will also learn how to conduct original research in formal semantics.

先修科目

Introduction to Logical Semantics

備註

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教學方式

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評分方式

 Presentations (2-3 times) 35%  Class participation + Homework 30%  Final term paper (oral presentation + written paper) 35%

課程大綱

Event semantics

Events in the Semantics of English (T. Parsons 1990): Chapters 1-2, (3), 4-8 Non-canonical Objects as Event Kind-classifying Elements (Niina Ning Zhang 2017)
Event plurality

Distributivity, Collectivity and Cumulativity (Lucas Champollion 2015) Plurals and the three readings The Basics of Plurals, Part 1: The Meaning of Plural NPs and the Nature of Predication Over Plurals (Seth Cable 2010, handout) The Basics of Plurals, Part 2: Distributivity and Indefinite Plurals (Seth Cable 2010, handout) The Basics of Plurals, Part 3: Cumulative Readings and 'Grid' in Distributives (Seth Cable 2010, handout) Background: Plurality (Seth Cable 2012, handout) Pluractionals A Basic Introduction to Pluractionals: Lasersohn (1995: Chapter 13) (Seth Cable 2012, handout) Pluractionals and Frequentative Readings of Activities and Accomplishments: van Geenhoven 2004 (Seth Cable 2012, handout) Event plurality in Mandarin The syntax and semantics of event quantifiers in Chinese (Dun Deng 2013, p.148-222) 復數事件和虛詞語義 (郭銳 2017) 重複性持續複數化事件的進行體 (王媛 2011, chapter 5) Event plurality in TSM A usage-based account of verbal reduplication in Taiwan Southern Min (Hui-Ju Chuang & James H-Y. Tai 2009) Aspectual Licensing of Plurational Verb Reduplication in Taiwanese Southern Min (Miao-Ling Hsieh 2018, handout)
Event quantifiers in Chinese

Verbal reduplication and verbal classifiers in Chinese (Marie-Claude Paris 2013) 動量詞的語義分析及其与動詞的選擇關系 (邵敬敏 1996) The syntax and semantics of event quantifiers in Chinese (Dun Deng 2013, p.1-147)

週次計畫

週次	主題
第 1 週	Introduction (1) Events in the Semantics of English (T. Parsons 1990): Chapters 1 9/12
第 2 週	(1) Events in the Semantics of English (T. Parsons 1990): Chapters 2-3 9/19
第 3 週	(1) Events in the Semantics of English (T. Parsons 1990): Chapters 4-5 9/26
第 4 週	(1) Events in the Semantics of English (T. Parsons 1990): Chapters 6-8 10/3
第 5 週	Holiday 10/10
第 6 週	Event arguments: (2) Non-canonical Objects as Event Kind-classifying Elements (Niina Ning Zhang 2017) 10/17
第 7 週	(2) Non-canonical Objects as Event Kind-classifying Elements (Niina Ning Zhang 2017) 10/24
第 8 週	(3) Distributivity, Collectivity and Cumulativity (Lucas Champollion 2015) 10/31
第 9 週	(3) Distributivity, Collectivity and Cumulativity (Lucas Champollion 2015) 11/7
第 10 週	Plurals and the three readings (4) The Basics of Plurals, Part 1: The Meaning of Plural NPs and the Nature of Predication Over Plurals (Seth Cable 2010, handout) 11/14
第 11 週	(5) The Basics of Plurals, Part 2: Distributivity and Indefinite Plurals (Seth Cable 2010, handout) 11/21
第 12 週	(6) The Basics of Plurals, Part 3: Cumulative Readings and 'Grid' in Distributives (Seth Cable 2010, handout) 11/28
第 13 週	(7) Background: Plurality (Seth Cable 2012, handout) 12/5
第 14 週	Pluractionals (8) A Basic Introduction to Pluractionals: Lasersohn (1995: Chapter 13) (Seth Cable 2012, handout) 12/12
第 15 週	(9) Pluractionals and Frequentative Readings of Activities and Accomplishments: van Geenhoven 2004 (Seth Cable 2012, handout) 12/19
第 16 週	Event plurality in Mandarin (10) The syntax and semantics of event quantifiers in Chinese (Dun Deng 2013, p.148-222) 12/26
第 17 週	Student presentations 1/2
第 18 週	Student presentations 1/9

教科書

Articles selected by the instructor

Office Hours

地點: Humanities Building III, Room 416
時間: Wednesdays 2-3pm or by appointment
聯絡方式: Extension: 58128 E-mail: h.c.daphne.liao@gmail.com