Cognitive Science 0333 - Narative Discourse

There are many lenses through which one can study narrative discourse. This course investigates the temporal interpretation of narrative discourse through the lense of a formal semanticist. The course will consist of a case study that addresses what I take to be the core phenomeona: (a) prominence, (b) coherence and (c) how linguistic expressions interact with (a) and (b). At the heart of the case study is the following question: what is the meaning of 'now' and how does this meaning interact with the meaning of tense? We will address this question by looking at discourses of various kinds (literary, mathematical, sports, musical) and motivating an ontological distinction between events, states and times. This course was supported by a grant from the FPR-HC Culture, Brain & Development (CBD) program

Writing and Research Quantitative Skills Independent Work In this course, students are expected to spend at least six to eight hours a week of preparation and work outside of class time. This time includes reading, writing, research.