SoSe21: Constraint-based Semantics 2

Course requirements

Portfolio

(Will be specified in during the course)

• Syntactic structure of English negated sentences
• Classify negation in a text
• Choose a different language.

• Translate relevant sentence.
• Provide semantics
• Adapt the interpretive constraints

Entrance test

In order to participate in the course you need to send your solutions to the following test to sailer@em.uni-frankfurt.de no later than March 19, 2021.

File:EntranceTest-SoSe21.pdf

You can find some help on the page with the mock exam for the Semantics 1 class of the summer term 2015: mock exam SoSe 2015

If you have successfully passed a Semantics 1 course by Frank Richter, Gert Webelhuth, or Manfred Sailer, you need not do the entrance test.

Meeting 2

Functional notation

We have introduced the functional notation and the eventuality variable in chapter 5. What are the new formulae that correspond to the formulae from chapter 2?

1 Notation from chapter 2: hobbit(frodo)
New notation:

	frodo•hobbit
	hobbit•frodo

2 Notation from chapter 2: walk(frodo)
New notation:

	walk•frodo
	(walk•e)•frodo
	(walk•frodo)•e

3 Notation from chapter 2: help(aragorn,frodo)
New notation:

	((help•e)•frodo)•aragorn
	((help•e)•aragorn)•frodo
	((help•aragorn)•frodo)•e

Feel free to send feedback on this exercise to Manfred Sailer.

Semantic types

Add the semantic types in the blanks. Use simple letters ("e" or "t") for simple types. Use round brackets for complex types (for example: "(e,t)").

1 Add the types for simple expressions:

a. frodo_

b. hobbit_

c. walk_

d. help_

e. (hobit•x)_

2 Add the semantic types for complex expressions:

a. ((walk_ • e_ ) • aragorn_ )_

b. (hobbit_ • y_ )_

Feel free to send feedback on this exercise to Manfred Sailer.