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Semantics Reading Group

Winter semester 2025-2026


Semantics Reading Group (Exhaustification)
Unless announced otherwise, the Semantics Reading Group takes place on
Fridays, 2–3 PM CT
Location: CRC Library, Nikolausberger Weg 23, second floor (straight down the hall).

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This is a preliminary schedule and will be updated throughout the semester.

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Reading: Scalar implicature as a grammatical phenomenon. In Semantics: An International Handbook of Natural Language Meaning, Vol. 3, edited by Maienborn, von Heusinger & Portner. Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 2297–2331.
Reading: Bar-Lev, M. E. & Fox, D (2020). Free choice, simplification, and Innocent Inclusion. Natural Language Semantics, 28, 175–223 (2020).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11050-020-09162-y
Reading: Katzir, R. Structurally-defined alternatives. Linguistics and Philos 30, 669–690 (2007).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10988-008-9029-y
Note:No Meeting
Winter Break
No meetings will be held on December 26 or January 2.
Reading: Bassi, I., Del Pinal, G. & Sauerland, U. Presuppositional exhaustification. Semantics & Pragmatics, 14(11), 1–48 (2021).
https://doi.org/10.3765/sp.14.11
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