LING 207

Pragmatic Theory

Linguistics · 2 or 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Introduction to formal pragmatic theory. Topics include speech act theory, imperatives, and other illocutionary moods; at-issue/not-at-issue distinction and other projective content; Gricean implicature, conversational implicature, and local implicature; and formal treatments of discourse, including game-theoretic pragmatics.

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When it runs

Winter 2027

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Requisites

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Requisites: courses 200C, 201C.

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LING 207

LING 200CSemantic Theory I
LING 201CSemantic Theory II
- LING 200CSemantic Theory Ianother path to it

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