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URL Book an appointment with Luisa during office hours

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URL Generative AI and assignments in Advanced Semantics: Puzzles in Meaning

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Week 2 (27-31 January) Definite noun phrases I File Slides week 2
File Handout week 2

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URL Puzzle 1

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Week 3 (3-7 February) Definite noun phrases II File Obligatory reading: Beck and Gergel’s (2014) section on 'the' (skip the rule for 'the' and the derivation in (14))
File Slides week 3
URL Puzzle 2

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Week 4 (10-14 February) Definite noun phrases III File Slides week 4
File Handout 2
File Optional reading: Abbott (2006)
URL Puzzle 3

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Week 5 (17-21 February) Bare nouns I File Slides week 5
File Handout 3
URL Puzzle 4

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Week 8 (10-14 March) Bare nouns II File Obligatory reading: Chung and Ladusaw 2021 (read as much as you can, skip parts that you have trouble following!)
File Slides week 8 (powerpoint)
File Slides week 8 (pdf)
File Handout 4
URL Puzzle 5

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Week 9 (17-21 March) Demonstratives I File Slides week 9
File Handout 5
URL Puzzle 6

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Week 10 (24-28 March) Demonstratives II File Obligatory reading: Maclaran 1980
File Slides week 10
File Handout 6
URL Puzzle 7

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Week 11 (31 March-4 April) Quantifiers I File Obligatory reading: Kearns (2011), pp. 96-103 and 118-121
File Optional reading: von Fintel and Matthewson (2008), pp. 139-201
File Slides week 11
File Handout 7
URL Puzzle 8

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Week 12 (7-11 April) Quantifiers II File Slides week 12
File Handout 8
URL Puzzle 9

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