Logic and Language

Code:

CL016

Acronym:

LOGLIN

Instance: 2010/2011 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Language Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CL	26	Study Plan-Lang.Sciences:Linguistics	1	-	6	4	4
EPL	0	Study Plan	3	-	6	4	4
LLC	2	Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/English	2	-	6	4	4
		Joint Language Plan-Portuguese/Classical Languages	2	-	6	4	4
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage(German)	2	-	6	4	4
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (Spanish)	2	-	6	4	4
		Portuguese and Foreign Lauguage (French)	2	-	6	4	4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. Acquisition of some formal basic tools allowing to better understand some fundamental linguistic relations;
2. To relate logics and linguistics inorder to make more clear several aspects of the languages;
Relacionar lógica e linguística de modo a tornar mais claros vários aspectos das línguas;
3. To show how some logic systems provide rigorous tools to study languages.

The students should have acquired the following competences:
1. Basic knowledge of propositional logic and predicate logic
2. Resolution of exercises and problems in the relation natural language / logics

Program

I General Matters
1. Logics, language and meaning
2. Logics and Linguistics before XX century
3. Logics and Linguistics in XX century
4. Denotation, Truth and Meaning
5. Arguments and Inferences
6. The languages of Logics
II Proposition: Logics and Linguistics
1. Proposition, Sentence and Utterance
2. Connectors
3. Truth Tables
III Predicates and Arguments
1. Designators and Predicates
2. Types of predicates. Predicates and arguments
3. Atomic sentences
4. Quantifying and quantifiers
5. Names and definite descriptions
IV Language besides Logics
1. Meaning and use
2. Contexts: indices, discourse and presupposition

Mandatory literature

BACH, E; Informal Lectures on Formal Semantics, N. Iorque, State University of New York Press., 1989
CANN, R.; Formal Semantics. An Introduction, Cambridge, Cambridge University Pr, 1993
CHIERCHIA, G. e S. McCONNELL-GINET; Meaning and Grammar, Cambridge Mass., The MIT Press,2ªed., 2000
GAMUT, L.T.F; Logic, Language, and Meaning, vol 1, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press., 1991
HURLEY, P.J; A Concise Introduction to Logic, Thomson, 2005
KNEALE, W. e M. KNEALE; The Development of Logic, Oxford, Clarendon Press.Trad portuguesa: O Desenvolvimento da Lógica, 1980, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2ª ed., 1961
PARTEE, B. H., A. ter MEULEN, e R. WALL; Mathematical Methods in Linguistics, Dordrecht, Kluwer Academic Press, 1990

Teaching methods and learning activities

Some classes will consist of theoretical presentations on the program topics and others will have practical exercises.

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
Writen test	Exame	2,00
Writen test	Exame	2,00
Exam	Exame	2,00
Study / exercises	Exame	100,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

75% presence in the classes, except in the cases admited by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

1st test: 50%
2nd test: 50%
In case the students only do final exam: 100%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

According to FLUP regulations.