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LING 232Semantics B

5 creditsGraduateStudent Option

Model-theoretic semantics for natural language. Truth-conditional, compositional semantics. Various logical ontologies and their application to natural language categories. Dynamic interpretation of discourse and anaphoric relations. Treatment of illocutionary force.

Prerequisites

Prerequisite(s): LING 231. Enrollment is restricted to graduate students or by permission of instructor.

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When it runs

Winter 2027Open Winter 2027

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01SeminarAsynchronousP. AnandOpen 0/10

Winter 2026Open Winter 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Seminar
Tue Thu 1:30pm–3:05pm
Steven Acad 217M. ToosarvandaniOpen 5/10

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Pranav Anand3.9 / 53.3 / 565%51
Maziar Toosarvandani4.6 / 53.1 / 593%18

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