Schedule 25/26
View our complete schedule of linguistics short courses across all three terms. All courses are taught by UCL Linguistics PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. Visit the UCL Linguistics Short Courses homepage for more information.
Term 1 Courses
Presupposition
Instructor: Timothy Jantarungsee
Duration: Multi-week course
Format: In-person
| Week | Topic | Date/Time/Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Empirical properties of presuppositions [Handout PDF] |
Wed 29th Oct, 14:00-15:00, CH G06 |
| 2 | Satisfaction Theory I [Handout PDF] Readings: If you have little and are lazy: Heim (1988) On the Projection Problem for Presuppositions If you have a bit more time: Above + Kadmon (1990) Chapter 6 If you're a nerd: Both above + Rothschild (2011); Beaver (2001) Part II; Heim (1982) |
Thu 30th Oct, 11:00-12:00, CH G06 |
| 3 | Satisfaction Theory II [Handout PDF] Readings: Same as Week 2, plus: Geurts (1996) Local satisfaction guaranteed: A presupposition theory and its problems Mandelkern (2016) Dissatisfaction theory |
Thu 6th Nov, 11:00-12:00, Room 101 |
| 4 | Trivalent Theories & the Definite Descriptor [Handout PDF] Readings: Coppock & Champollion (2025) Invitation to Formal Semantics, pp. 328-358 Beaver (2001) Presupposition and Assertion in Dynamic Semantics, Chapter 2 |
Thu 13th Nov, 11:00-12:00, Room 204, 40 Bernard Street |
| 5 | Cross-linguistic presupposition Readings: Lisa Matthewson. Presuppositions and Cross-Linguistic Variation (2006) Lisa Matthewson. Pronouns, Presuppositions, and Semantic Variation (2009) |
Thu 27th Nov, 11:00-12:00, CH G06 |
Introduction to Morphology
Instructor: Abdullah Almuhaysh
Duration: 5 weeks
Format: In-person/Online (TBA)
| Week | Topic | Date/Time/Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What Is Morphology About? | 5th Nov, 15:00-16:00, Room 201 CH |
| 2 | More Morphological Phenomena | 12th Nov, 15:00-16:00, Room G03 CH |
| 3 | The Morphology and Phonology Interface | 19th Nov, 15:00-16:00, Room 301 CH |
| 4 | Morphosyntax: The Morphology and Syntax Interface | 26th Nov, 17:00-18:00, Room 201 CH |
| 5 | Morphological Universals: *ABA and Greenberg Universal 20 | 3rd Dec, 15:00-16:00, Room 201 CH |
Term 2 Courses
Instructors: Erying Qin, Joseph Keir Petrie
Duration: 5 sessions
Format: TBA
| Session | Topic | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to experimental pragmatics | TBA |
| 2 | Scalar Inferences and working memory | TBA |
| 3 | Perspective-taking in implicature derivation | TBA |
| 4 | Why Are Negative Sentences Hard to Process? | TBA |
| 5 | Dynamic Pragmatic View: Evidence Across Different Tasks | TBA |
Introduction to the Phase Theory
Instructor: Ayşenur Coşkun
Duration: 5 sessions
Format: TBA
| Session | Topic | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merge over Movement (MoM) and the Phase Theory | TBA |
| 2 | The Phase Impenetrability Condition (PIC) | TBA |
| 3 | Feature Inheritance | TBA |
| 4 | Phase Characteristics and Diagnostics I | TBA |
| 5 | Phase Characteristics and Diagnostics II — Partial Wh-Movement and Complementizer Agreement | TBA |
Term 3 Courses
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