Quotation and the semantics of speech reports.

• ESSLLI 2009, Bordeaux
• Language and Logic introductory course
• July 20-24, 2009 (11:00-12:30)
• contact: emar.maier@gmail.com

• slightly revised and expanded coursenotes, containing the material from all lecture slides combined in a printable handout format, including references and bibliography

Lecture 1: Quotation

• preliminary distinctions:
  • quotation vs quotation marks
  • use vs mention
  • object language vs metalanguage
• varieties of quotation
  • pure quotes
  • direct discourse
  • mixed quotes
  • scare quotes
  • greengrocer’s quotes
  • indirect discourse
  • free indirect discourse
• classic analyses of (pure) quotation
  • from proper names to disquotation (Quine, Tarski, Geach, Richard)
  • demonstrative analyses (Davidson, Cappelen&Lepore)
  • pragmatic/use/identity theories (Frege, Washington, Saka, Recanati)

Lecture 2: direct vs indirect discourse

• The direct/indirect distinction linguistically
• Towards a semantic analysis
• Kaplan’s semantics of indirect discourse
  • principles of indexicality
  • 2D logic
  • no monsters
  • indirect discourse

Lecture 3: between direct and indirect: shifts and mixes

• Schlenker/Anand/von Stechow: shifted indexicals and monsters
• Potts/Anand: non-addressee oriented expressives
• Schwager/Trinh&Crnic: indirect imperatives
• Hollebrandse: direct vs indirect in child language
• role shift in sign language
• free indirect discourse

Lecture 4: Mixed quotation

• From pure quotation to direct discourse
  • pure quotes in natural language semantics
  • direct discourse: use and mention in 2D
• Two-levels of meaning in mixed quotation
  • Potts
  • problems: anaphoricity/indexicals/errors/binding
• Geurts&Maier: presupposition

Lecture 5: More fun with mixed quotation

• intro: DRT with presupposition
• mixed quotation as presupposition
• challenges
  • shifts of indexicals, expressives, and imperatives as mixes
  • non-constituent quotation
  • quote interjection