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Questions and Inquisitive Semantics

Note: This schedule is subject to change, but not without notice. Any changes will be announced in class and reflected on these pages. Be sure to check regularly. Readings in brackets are optional.

Times Topics Readings
1st session
10:00-11:40
Handout 1		 Some questions about questions
Themes and approaches in the semantics/pragmatics of questions
Question denotations
Context depdendence
Answerhood, resolvedness
Other topics: Focus, NPIs, QVE, etc.
Handout 2 Classics I Hamblin (1958)
Karttunen (1977)
[Hamblin (1973)]
2nd session
1:20-3:00
Handout 3		 Classics II Groenendijk and Stokhof (1997)
[Groenendijk and Stokhof (1984)]
Handout 4 Conditional questions Isaacs and Rawlins (2008)
[Kaufmann (2000)]
3rd session
3:45-5:00
Handout 5		 Inquisitive semantics Groenendijk and Roelofsen (2009)
[Ciardelli and Roelofsen (2009)]
Last updated: September 19, 2009