Course Objectives

The course provides an overview of major trends in modern Semantics with emphasis on computational implementstions Major topics include (but are not limited to):

Semantics and Linguistics
Formal Semantics
Lexical Semantics
Sentential Semantics
Semantics and Computational Linguistics
Ontological Semantics
Semantics of humor

Course materials (Adobe Reader required. A link to downloadable free version is here)

Syllabus
Readings
- Raskin, Victor and Irwin Weiser. Language and Writing: Applications of Linguistics to Rhetoric and Composition. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Corporation. 1987
  1. Chapter 4: Language and Linguistics
  2. Chapter 8: Semantics
- Raskin, Victor 1983. Concise History of Linguistic Semantics Third Edition. Purdue University (pdf version)
- Nirenburg, S. and Victor Raskin. 2004. Ontological Semantics. MIT Press
  - Chapter 2. Prolegomena to the Philosophy of Linguistics
  - Chapter 5. Formal Ontology and the Needs for Ontological Semantics
Linguistic problems