CJJ45 Topics in semantics

Filozofická fakulta
jaro 2026
Rozsah
1/1/0. 5 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučováno kontaktně
Vyučující
Jakob Majdič, MA (přednášející)
Mgr. Marcin Wągiel, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
Mgr. Marcin Wągiel, Ph.D.
Ústav českého jazyka – Filozofická fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Bc. Silvie Hulewicz, DiS.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Ústav českého jazyka – Filozofická fakulta
Rozvrh
Po 14:00–15:40 L41, kromě Po 20. 4. až Pá 24. 4.
Předpoklady
TYP_STUDIA(N)
The course is taught in English. The students should know the language well enough to be able to follow a talk and read a textbook as well as linguistic articles in English. The final exam is also in English. I am also presupposing the knowledge of basic grammar terminology. A prior course in semantics is an advantage, but is not required.
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 15 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 0/15, pouze zareg.: 9/15, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 5/15
Mateřské obory/plány
předmět má 11 mateřských oborů, zobrazit
Cíle předmětu

This course engages with the semantic relationship between expressions of reality, possibility and time and with key questions about how human natural language cognition represents those domains. During the first few sessions, students will gather and revisit basic formal semantic skills necessary to follow discussions on natural language semantic issues. We will then proceed to an introduction to modal semantics and a brief intro to temporal semantics. In the third part of the class we will jointly investigate the empirical landscape of modal-temporal interactions with a special focus on morphological markings yielding a `distance from reality’ interpretation (e.g. compare the `fake tense’ marking in `If Jim is here now,…’ vs. `If Jim *were* here now, …’ vs. `If Jim *would have been* here now, …’). We will read recent articles on the topic and work through them in in-class sessions in which the discussion and comparison of our own native speaker intuitions will play a central role.

Výstupy z učení
At the end of the course, the student:
  •  has an understanding of the relation between possibility and time and the reasoning mechanisms in those domains
  • is able to form semantic hypotheses based on native speaker intuitions
  • understands the core principles of compositional semantics
  •  understands how modal meanings are modelled in formal semantics
  • is able to approach advanced formal semantic literature

Osnova
  • 1. Outlook on the puzzles of modal and temporal interactions
  • 2. Introduction to basic principles of compositional formal semantics
  • 3. Introduction to modal and temporal semantics
  • 4. Modal auxiliaries and their temporal interpretation
  • 5. Distance from reality marking and `fake tense'
Literatura
  • CONDORAVDI, Cleo. Temporal interpretation of modals: Modals for the present and the past. The construction of meaning. CSLI Publications, 2002. info
  • COPPOCK, Elisabeth a Lucas CHAMPOLLION. Invitation to formal semantics. 2025. info
  • FĂLĂUȘ, Anamaria a Brenda LACA. Modal–Temporal Interactions. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2021. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Semantics. info
  • VON FINTEL, Kai a Sabine IATRIDOU. Prolegomena to a theory of X-marking. LINGUISTICS AND PHILOSOPHY. SPRINGER, 2023. ISSN 0165-0157. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10988-023-09390-5. URL info
  • VON FINTEL, Kai a Irene HEIM. Intensional Semantics. 2021. info
  • RULLMANN, Hotze a Lisa MATTHEWSON. TOWARDS A THEORY OF MODAL-TEMPORAL INTERACTION. LANGUAGE. WASHINGTON: LINGUISTIC SOC AMER, 2018, roč. 94, č. 2, s. 281-331. ISSN 0097-8507. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1353/lan.2018.0018. info
Výukové metody
The methods used include lecture, class discussion; reading assigned materials.
Metody hodnocení
Requirements for the successful completion of the course: 1) systematic and active attendance, 2) submitting a short paper (in English) on a selected topic related to the phenomena discussed in the class, 3) at least 2/3 answers right at the final test. The final test is in English just like the entire course.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Další komentáře
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