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Lecture Notes

The course lecture notes were created over several terms. The term and year within the documents will vary. Lecture notes are not available for every session.


LEC # TOPICS
1 Introduction (PDF)
2-5 Implicature (PDF)
7-8 Indexicals (PDF) (Courtesy of Irene Heim. Used with permission.)
9 Referential (In)Definites (PDF)

Indefinites (PDF)

Long Distance Indefinites (PDF)

Referential Definites (PDF)
19 Expressive Meanings (PDF)
20 Epistemic Modals in Speech Acts (PDF)
22 Presupposition (PDF)