Christopher Potts +> Teaching
2024–2025 (Stanford)
- Linguist 130a/230a: Introduction to semantics and pragmatics (undergraduate and graduate, Winter)
- Linguist 197a: Undergraduate research seminar (senior capstone course; undergraduate, Winter)
- Linguist 395: Research workshop (graduate, Spring)
- XCS 224u, Natural language understanding (online course, Stanford Center for Professional Development, Fall)
2023–2024 (Stanford)
- Linguist 130a/230a: Introduction to semantics and pragmatics (undergraduate and graduate, Winter)
- Linguist 197a: Undergraduate research seminar (senior capstone course; undergraduate, Winter)
- Linguist 395: Research workshop (graduate, Spring)
- XCS 224u, Natural language understanding (online course, Stanford Center for Professional Development, Winter)
- XCS 224u, Natural language understanding (online course, Stanford Center for Professional Development, Fall)
2022–2023 (Stanford)
- Linguist 230b: Advanced semantics and pragmatics (undergraduate and graduate, Fall)
- Linguist 130a/230a: Introduction to semantics and pragmatics (undergraduate and graduate, Winter)
- Linguist 197a: Undergraduate research seminar (senior capstone course; undergraduate, Winter)
- CS 224u / Linguist 188/288: Natural language understanding (undergraduate and graduate, Spring)
- XCS 224u, Natural language understanding (online course, Stanford Center for Professional Development, Fall)
- XCS 224u, Natural language understanding (online course, Stanford Center for Professional Development, Winter)
2021–2022 (Stanford)
- Linguist 278: Programming for linguists (undergraduate and graduate, Fall)
- Linguist 130a/230a: Introduction to semantics and pragmatics (undergraduate and graduate, Winter)
- Linguist 197a: Undergraduate research seminar (senior capstone course; undergraduate, Winter)
- CS 224u / Linguist 188/288: Natural language understanding (undergraduate and graduate, Spring)
- XCS 224u, Natural language understanding (online course, Stanford Center for Professional Development, Fall)
- XCS 224u, Natural language understanding (online course, Stanford Center for Professional Development, Winter)
2020–2021 (Stanford)
- Linguist 278: Programming for linguists (undergraduate and graduate, Fall)
- Linguist 130a/230a: Introduction to semantics and pragmatics (undergraduate and graduate, Winter)
- CS 224u / Linguist 188/288: Natural language understanding (undergraduate and graduate, Spring; with Bill MacCartney)
- XCS 224u, Natural language understanding (online course, Stanford Center for Professional Development, Fall)
- XCS 224u, Natural language understanding (online course, Stanford Center for Professional Development, Winter)
2019–2020 (Stanford)
- Linguist 278: Programming for linguists (undergraduate and graduate, Fall)
- Linguist 130a/230a: Introduction to semantics and pragmatics (undergraduate and graduate, Winter)
- CS 224u / Linguist 188/288: Natural language understanding (undergraduate and graduate, Spring; with Bill MacCartney)
- XCS 224u, Natural language understanding (online course, Stanford Center for Professional Development, Spring)
2018–2019 (Stanford)
- Linguist 278: Programming for linguists (undergraduate and graduate, Fall)
- Linguist 130a/230a: Introduction to semantics and pragmatics (undergraduate and graduate, Winter)
- CS 224u / Linguist 188/288: Natural language understanding (undergraduate and graduate, Spring; with Bill MacCartney)
2017–2018 (Stanford)
- Linguist 130a/230a: Introduction to semantics and pragmatics (undergraduate and graduate, Winter)
- Linguist 230b: Advanced semantics and pragmatics (graduate, Spring)
- CS 224u / Linguist 188/288: Natural language understanding (undergraduate and graduate, Spring; with Bill MacCartney)
2015–2016 (Stanford)
- Linguist 130a/230a: Introduction to semantics and pragmatics> (undergraduate and graduate, Winter)
- Linguist 230b: Advanced semantics and pragmatics (graduate, Spring)
- CS 224u / Linguist 188/288: Natural language understanding (undergraduate and graduate, Spring; with Bill MacCartney)
2014–2015 (Stanford)
- Linguist 130a/230a: Introduction to semantics and pragmatics (undergraduate and graduate, Winter)
- CS 224u / Linguist 188/288: Natural language understanding (undergraduate and graduate, Spring; with Bill MacCartney)
- Linguist 236: Reasoning with quantifiers (graduate, Spring; with Dan Lassiter)
2013–2014 (Stanford)
- CS 224u / Linguist 188/288: Natural language understanding (undergraduate and graduate, Spring; with Bill MacCartney)
- Linguist 278: Programming for linguists (graduate, Fall)
- Linguist 130a/230a: Introduction to semantics and pragmatics (undergraduate and graduate, Winter)
- Linguist 230d: Semantics and Pragmatics Group (graduate, Fall–Spring; with Dan Lassiter and Beth Levin)
2012–2013 (Stanford)
- Linguist 130a/230a: Introduction to semantics and pragmatics (undergraduate and graduate, Winter)
- CS 224u / Linguist 188/288: Natural language understanding (undergraduate and graduate, Winter; with Bill MacCartney)
- Linguist 236 / Psychology 236c: Representations of meaning (graduate, Spring; with Noah D. Goodman)
- Linguist 395: Research workshop (graduate, Spring 2013)
- Linguist 230d: Semantics and Pragmatics Group (graduate, Fall–Spring; with Beth Levin)
- Extracting social meaning and sentiment
2011–2012 (Stanford)
- Linguist 230b: Advanced semantics and pragmatics (graduate, Spring)
- Linguist 236 / Psychology 236c: Context dependence in language and communication (graduate, Spring; with Michael C. Frank)
- Linguist 130a/230a: Introduction to semantics and pragmatics (undergraduate and graduate, Winter)
- CS 224u / Linguist 188/288: Natural language understanding (undergraduate and graduate, Winter; with Bill MacCartney)
- LING7800-007: Computational Pragmatics
2010–2011 (Stanford)
- Linguist 130a: Introduction to linguistic meaning (undergraduate, Winter)
- Linguist 230a: Introduction to semantics and pragmatics (graduate, Fall)
- Linguist 287 / CS 424p: Extracting social meaning and sentiment (graduate, Fall)
- Linguist 239: Semantics Research Seminar (graduate, Fall–Winter; with Beth Levin)
2009–2010 (Stanford)
- Linguist 130a: Introduction to linguistic meaning (undergraduate, Spring)
- Linguist 230a: Introduction to semantics and pragmatics (graduate, Winter)
- Linguist 236: Lexical and constructional pragmatics (graduate, Fall)
- Linguist 239: Semantics Research Seminar (graduate, Fall–Spring; with Beth Levin)
- Linguist 278: Programming for linguists (graduate, Fall)
2008–2009 (UMass Amherst)
- Ling 380/390a: Controlling the Discourse, with Lyn Frazier (undergraduate, Spring)
- Ling 409: Formal Methods in Linguistics, with Rajesh Bhatt (undergraduate, Spring)
- Ling 610: Semantics and Generative Grammar (graduate, Fall)
- Ling 797A: Third-Year Seminar (graduate, Fall)
2007–2008 (UMass Amherst)
- Ling 753: Conversational Inference (graduate, Spring)
- Ling 390a: Controlling the Discourse (undergraduate, Fall)
- LSA.314: Dimensions of Meaning
- LSA.374: Conversational Inference (with David Beaver and Robert van Rooij)
- LSA.108P: Logic for Linguists
2006–2007 (UMass Amherst)
- Ling 201: Introduction to Linguistics (undergraduate, Spring)
- Ling 620: Formal Semantics (graduate, Spring)
2005–2006 (UMass Amherst)
- Ling 390a: Controlling the Discourse, with Lyn Frazier (undergraduate, Spring)
- Ling 510: Introduction to Semantics (undergraduate, Spring)
- Ling 496: Introduction to Pragmatics (undergraduate, Spring)
- Ling 610: Semantics and Generative Grammar (graduate, Fall)
- Introduction to Semantics (two weeks)
- Introduction to Pragmatics (two weeks)
2004–2005 (UMass Amherst)
- Ling 394a: Controlling the Discourse, with Lyn Frazier (undergraduate, Spring)
- Ling 753: Seminar on Modes of Semantic Composition (graduate, Spring)
- Ling 201: Introduction to Linguistics (undergraduate, Fall)
- Ling 610: Semantics and Generative Grammar (graduate, Fall)
- Ling 797A: Third-Year Seminar (graduate, UMass Amherst, Fall)
- Introduction to Pragmatics (two weeks)
- Controlling the Discourse (two weeks)
2003–2004 (UMass Amherst)
- Ling 401: Introduction to Syntax (undergraduate, Spring)
- Ling 620: Formal Semantics (graduate, Spring)
- Ling 720: Proseminar in Semantics (graduate, Fall)
- Ling 797A: Third-Year Seminar, with Barbara Partee (graduate, Fall)
2002–2003 (UCSC)
- Writing I (Writing Program, Spring)
- Semantics II, Department of Linguistics, Spring 2002. [A sample Semantics II squib is available in PDF]