3 Links for Semantics and Pragmatics
YouTube videos from Martin Hilpert, Andrew McKenzie, and the LSA
Today’s 3 links are for semantics and pragmatics, and were curated by Rebecca Woods of Newcastle University (thanks, Rebecca!):
Introduction to English Linguistics with Martin Hilpert
YouTube video series
3 videos about semantics and 3 videos about pragmatics, ranging from 24 to 42 minutes, as part of a broader series about linguistics using English as the object language. PowerPoint-style slides with video of the speaker displayed beside them. Constant visibility of speaker creates familiar lecture feel. Content includes sense relations, metaphor, speech acts, and conversational maxims, and does not crucially rely on information from earlier videos in the series. Closed captions are auto-generated.
Course in Semantics with Andrew McKenzie
YouTube video series
10 video “lecturelets,” ranging from 6 to 18 minutes, from a 300-level University of Kansas course in verbal and event semantics. Speaker recorded in front of whiteboard in traditional lecture style. Content is broadly Heim and Krazter-type compositional semantics, with some additions. “Lecturelets” were designed to run alongside face-to-face lectures and occasionally refer to material not available to the viewer. Additional playlists on this YouTube channel focus on other semantics content. Closed captions are auto-generated.
Semantics & Pragmatics playlist from the Linguistic Society of America
YouTube video series
10 videos on topics on semantics and pragmatics, mostly between 3 and 21 minutes, from a variety of sources, in a variety of styles, and with a variety of closed captioning options. Content includes Gricean maxims, implicatures, entailment, scope ambiguity, and compositionality, generally at introductory levels. Includes links to other relevant playlists.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTDerU9FPSUta74SEw20VD3J6xaxm33Q-
For even more introductory content: The Ling Space’s videos include many semantics and pragmatics concepts, with transcripts and supplementary material: http://www.thelingspace.com/semantics-episodes
A distraction:
via Wrong Hands
We appreciate that Rebecca took the time to share these resources with us, and with you! If you’re compiling links on a particular topic that you think might be useful to others, feel free to submit them to us here. We hope that pooling the effort of finding resources might help you to feel a bit less overwhelmed this term.
See you on Wednesday for 3 links about sociolinguistics.
Liz, Lauren, Gretchen, and Kate
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