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

 

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Date
Topics & Readings
Handouts
Sept 10
Introduction: Some Choicepoints in the Syntax/Semantics Architecture for Tense (and Aspect)

Kai's Handout

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

Nov 12

NO CLASS!

Veterans Day
Nov 19

Mood - Subjunctive Conditionals

Nov 26

Mood - Subjunctive Complements

Dec 3

Factive Complements

Dec 10

Student Presentations