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
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+ Further sessions TBA TBA

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

Term 3 Courses

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