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Conversational Implicature
1 The Basics

Introduction, The Semantics-Pragmatics Distinction, Grice's Notion of Implicature
2 The Basics

Quantity Implicature
3 The Basics

Horn Scales
4 Case Study: Embedded Implicatures

Embedded Implicatures
5 Case Study: Embedded Implicatures

Implicature Projection
6 Case Study: Embedded Implicatures

Exhaustivity
Indexicals
7 The Basics

Indexicals, Kaplan's System
8 The Basics

Indexicals, Kaplan's System (cont.)
9 Case Studies: Referential NPs, Monsters, Assessment Relativity

Referential (In)Definites?
10 Case Studies: Referential NPs, Monsters, Assessment Relativity

Monsters?
11 Case Studies: Referential NPs, Monsters, Assessment Relativity

Assessment-Relativity?
Presupposition
12 The Basics

Presuppositions and Presupposition Projection
13 The Basics

Presuppositions and Presupposition Projection (cont.)
14 The Basics

The Dynamic View
15 Case Study: Existential Import

Existential Import
Speech Acts
16 The Basics

Speech Act Theory
17 The Basics

The Performative Hypothesis
18 Case Studies: Recent Work

Semantics above Speech Acts
19 Case Studies: Recent Work

Expressive Meanings
A short squib proposal due on or before lecture 19
20 Case Studies: Recent Work

Epistemic Modals in Speech Acts
Focus
21 The Basics

Topic, Focus, and Givenness
22 Case Study: Focus and Presupposition

Only, Presupposition, and Focus
23 Case Study: Focus and Presupposition

Taxonomy of Triggers
24 Case Study: Focus and Presupposition

Accommodation
Squib due three days after lecture 24