Required Texts (Available at Shakespeare and Co., at 150 Campus Road):

Required Primary Texts:

A variety of other readings will be assigned.

Course Outline:

1 February 1st : Introductions, backgrounds, preview of the text
2 February 3rd : Saeed, Chapter 1; Semantics in Linguistics
3 February 8th : Saeed, Chapter 1; Allwood, Chapter 1, Logic in Linguistics
4 February 10th : Saeed, Chapter 2, Meaning, Thought, and Reality
5 February 15th : Saeed, Chapter 2; Allwood, Chapter 2, Set Theory
6 February 17th : Saeed, Chapter 3, Word Meaning
7 February 22nd : Saeed, Chapter 3; Allwood, Chapter 3, Inference and Logical Analysis of Sentences
8 February 24th : Saeed, Chapter 4, Sentence Relations and Truth
9 March 1st : Saeed, Chapter 4; Allwood, Chapter 4, Propositional Logic 10 March 3rd : Allwood, Chapter 4
11 March 8th : Allwood, Chapter 5, Predicate Logic
12 March 10th : Allwood, Chapter 5
13 March 15th : Midterm
14 March 17th : Saeed, Chapter 5, Sentence Semantics 1: Situations
15 March 22nd : Saeed, Chapter 6, Sentence Semantics 2: Participants
16 March 24th : Saeed, Chapter 6
17 March 29th : Saeed, Chapter 7, Context and Inference
18 March 31st : Saeed, Chapter 7; Allwood Chapter 6, The Deductive System
19 April 5th : Allwood, Chapter 6
20 April 7th : Saeed, Chapter 8: Functions of Language: Speech as Action
21 April 12th : Saeed, Chapter 8; Allwood, Chapter 7, Modal Logic
22 April 14th : Allwood, Chapter 7; Saeed, Chapter 9; Meaning Components
23 April 28th : Saeed, Chapter 9; Saeed, Chapter 10, Formal Semantics
24 May 3rd : Allwood, Chapter 8, Intensional Logic and Categorial Grammar
25 May 5th : Allwood, Chapter 8, Intensional Logic and Categorial Grammar
26 May 10th : Saeed, Chapter 11; Cognitive Semantics
27 May 12th : Saeed, Chapter 11; Cognitive Semantics
28 May 17th : Review

Participation:
Students must attend regularly, arrive on time and must be prepared to participate, having done the assigned work. Participation will count for 20% of the overall grade for the course.

Assignments:
There will be a short term paper.
There will be weekly homework assignments.

Exams:
There will be an open-book midterm and an open-book final.

Grading:
Grades will be based on the following percentages:
Attendance and participation-20%, term paper-20%, midterm exam-30%, final examination-30%

Statement on the University's policy on Academic Integrity
The faculty and administration of Brooklyn College support an environment free from cheating and plagiarism. Each student is responsible for being aware of what constitutes cheating and plagiarism and for avoiding both. The complete text of the CUNY Academic Integrity Policy and the Brooklyn College procedure for implementing that policy can be found at this site: http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/policies. If a faculty member suspects a violation of academic integrity and, upon investigation, confirms that violation, or if the student admits the violation, the faculty member MUST report the violation.

Statement in Reference to the Center for Student Disability Services
In order to receive disability-related academic accommodations students must first be registered with the Center for Student Disability Services. Students who have a documented disability or suspect they may have a disability are invited to set up an appointment with the Director of the Center for Student Disability Services, Ms. Valerie Stewart-Lovell at 718-951-5538. If you have already registered with the Center for Student Disability Services please provide your professor with the course accommodation form and discuss your specific accommodation with him/her.

The state law regarding non-attendance because of religious beliefs
You should check this on page 53 in the Bulletin

Information Regarding College Deadlines
To be provided.