We will first discuss some of the theoretical foundations of inquisitive semantics and pragmatics, and then explore several empirical domains. We will look at the interpretation of disjunction, questions, and existentials in various languages, in interaction with modality, conditionals, and focus. We will also consider evidentials, and the semantic contribution of certain prosodic features.

Date	Topic	Reading	Optional reading
Week 1 1/25	Inquisitive semantics	GR-09, part I	Groe-09, CR-09 Groe-99
Week 2 2/1	Inquisitive pragmatics	GR-09, part II	Balogh-09, ch.3
Week 3 2/8	Attention & might	CiGaR-09	Zimmermann-00
Week 4 2/16 (TUE)	Alternative semantics	Alonso-Ovalle-06,  chapters 1 and 3	Kratzer-Shimoyama-01
Week 5 2/22	Quantification and wh-questions	CiGaR-10	Ciardelli-09, ch.6
Week 6 3/1	Disjunction, intonation, and attention	RvG-10	Pruitt-07, Aloni-09, Schaf-07
Week 7 3/8	Inquisitiveness cross-linguistically	Haspelmath-01
	Spring break
Week 8 3/22	Evidentials in Cheyenne (guest lecture)	Murray-09a	Murray-09b
Week 9 3/29	Alternative questions in Chadic languages	Haida-10a	Haida-10b
Week 10 4/5	Wh-questions in Tlingit (guest lecture)	Cable-08
Week 11 4/12	Questions in Yukatek Maya	Anderbois-09a	Anderbois-09b
Week 12 4/21 (WED)	Participant presentations
Week 13 4/26	Participant presentations
Week 14 5/3	Wrap up