ESSLLI 2009 in Bordeaux

In ESSLLI 2009, I co-taught a course on distributivity with George Tsoulas. For course slides and other information, please go to the course blog

EGG 2009 in Poznan

Please note that the slides below are, with a few minor corrections, the same as I used in the lectures, and may contains errors and slides I skipped.

The Processing of Scalar Implicatures

Note - there is no bibliography list for days 2-4, but full citations for all works discussed appear in the slides.

  1. Day 1 - Introduction to scalar implicatures and the questions they raise. (References)
  2. Day 2 - The acquisition of scalar implicatures.
  3. Day 3 - Default vs. effort-based approaches.
  4. Day 4 - Local vs. global calculation.

The Semantics of Plurals

Bibliography for Monday-Wednesday is included at the end of the relevant slide sets.

  1. Monday slides.
  2. Tuesday/Wednesday slides.
  3. Thursday/Friday bibliography.

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