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of psychology, philosophy, and computer science</li></ul><p><br>We share the goal of grounding theories of meaning in diverse research methodologies, including:</p><ul><li>Formal linguistic analysis</li><li>Psycholinguistic experimentation</li><li>Computational modeling</li><li>Corpus studies</li><li>Fieldwork on less widely studied languages</li></ul><h2>Coursework</h2><p>We offer courses ranging from introductory courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels to seminars on cutting edge topics and workshops focused on developing key research skills. </p><p>Recent seminar topics have included:</p><ul><li>Temporal interpretation</li><li>Experimental studies of quantification</li><li>Definiteness</li><li>Gradation</li><li>Modality</li><li>Negation</li><li>Conditionals</li><li>Causation</li></ul><h2>Community</h2><p>Faculty and students participate in a wide range of research projects, many of them collaborative.  Many of them also span subfields of linguistics or reach out to neighboring disciplines.  There are usually informal reading or working groups that reflect the community's ever evolving research interests, as well as occasional larger gatherings, such as <a href="https://linguistics-prod.stanford.edu/events/construction-meaning-workshop">Construction of Meaning Workshops and an annual SemFest</a>. </p><h2>Ongoing Labs & Projects</h2><ul><li><a href="https://nlp.stanford.edu/">Computational Semantics in the Stanford NLP Group</a></li><li><a href="https://www-csli.stanford.edu/groups/computational-semantics-lab">CSLI Computational Semantics Lab</a></li><li><a href="https://www-csli.stanford.edu/groups/language-and-natural-reasoning">CSLI Language and Natural Reasoning Group</a></li><li><a href="https://www-csli.stanford.edu/groups/pragmatic-enrichment-contextual-interface-lab">CSLI Pragmatic Enrichment and Contextual Inference Lab</a></li><li><a href="https://www-csli.stanford.edu/groups/psychosemantics-lab">CSLI Psychosemantics Lab</a></li><li><a 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