24.979 Topics in Semantics
"The Morphosemantics of Tense, Mood, Aspect"
(Course Web Page Fall 2001)
Room 1-132, Mondays, 2:05 - 4:55 (with 15 minute break in the middle)
Kai von Fintel, fintel@mit.edu, E39-233, 3-3228
Sabine Iatridou, iatridou@mit.edu, E39-236, 3-2640
Date
|
Topics
& Readings
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Handouts
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Sept
10
|
Introduction:
Some Choicepoints in the Syntax/Semantics Architecture for Tense (and
Aspect)
|
Background: 24.973 Class Notes on Intensional Semantics |
Sept
17
|
NO CLASS! |
"Student
Holiday"
|
Sept
24
|
The Perfect. [Iatridou et.al. 2001, Iatridou 2001 ms.] |
"The Perfect(s)" Handout |
Oct
1
|
"Simultaneous Readings". [Musan 2001] |
|
Oct
8
|
NO CLASS! |
Columbus Day |
Oct
15
|
Tense/Aspect/Adverbials. [von Stechow 2001] |
|
Oct
22
|
Aspect - Perfective vs. Imperfective |
|
Oct
29
|
Aspect/Aktionsart (Im)perfectivity vs. (A)telicity |
|
Nov
5
|
Mood and Complementation |
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Nov
12
|
NO CLASS! |
Veterans Day |
Nov
19
|
Mood - Subjunctive Conditionals |
|
Nov
26
|
Mood - Subjunctive Complements |
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Dec
3
|
Factive Complements |
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Dec
10
|
Student Presentations |