Units: 4
Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours
Catalog page 536
Prerequisites: CS 011 or MATH 011 or LING 020 or PHIL 006 or PHIL 008 or PHIL 008H or PHIL 130 or PHIL 132; restricted to class level standing of sophomore, junior, or senior
Description: An introduction to the study of language use in context. Topics include implicature, presupposition, speech acts, relevance theory, and the semantics-pragmatics interface. Emphasizes theoretical frameworks and empirical data from linguistics, philosophy of language, and cognitive science.