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Semantics of possible worlds

• Weeks 1 & 2:
  • Topic: review of the basics of intensional semantics.
  • Reading:
    • Heim and von Fintel (2010): Intensional Semantics, chapters 1, 2, 3, and 5. (see the "Recommended Readings' sections if you want more).
    • Kratzer (1991): Modality
      
      
• Week 3:
  • Topic: introduction to conditionality.
  • Reading:
    • Kratzer (1986): Conditionals
    • Heim and von Fintel (2010): Intensional Semantics, chapters 4.
      
      
• Week 4:
  • Topic: introducing tense and aspect.
  • Reading:
    • Condoravdi (2002): Temporal interpretation of modals: modals for the present and for the past.
    • Heim and von Fintel (2010): Intensional Semantics, chapter 6 (for a brief description of what tense semantics looks like)
      
      
• Week 5 & 6:
  • Topic: counterfactuality.
  • Reading:
    • Nevins (2002): Counterfactuality without past tense.
    • Henderson (2010): If-not-for counterfactuals: negating causality in natural language (heavy semantics in here ---don't worry if you don't understand every technical detail)
    • Additional reading: Iatridou (2000): The grammatical ingredients of counterfactuality (article on which Nevins 2002 is based)