Schedule for our meetings with reading assignments.

Day 1

• Introduction to probabilistic pragmatics, the vanilla RSA model, reference games
  • [slides]
• Probabilistic programming in WebPPL, Bayesian inference
  • JavaScript / WebPPL basics
  • BDAPPL: Introduction to randomness in programs
  • BDAPPL: Constructing posterior distributions
  • PLU: Appendix Chapter 1: Probabilities & Bayes rule (in WebPPL)

Day 2

• vanilla RSA model & reference games
  • PLU: Chapter I: Introducing the Rational Speech Act framework
    • vanilla RSA & reference game paper: Frank & Goodman (2012)
• RSA models for scalar implicature (vanilla version & extension with uncertain speakers)
  • PLU, Chapter II: Enriching literal interpretations
    • Scalar implicature paper: Goodman & Stuhlmüller (2013)

Day 3

• quantifier choice and approximate number representation
  • PLU, Appendix Chapter V
• non-literal language (hyperbole, irony, metaphor)
  • PLU, Chapter III: Inferring the Question-Under-Discussion
    • Hyperbole paper: Kao et al., (2014)
      • slides from lecture
    • Metaphor paper: Kao et al., (2014)
    • Irony paper: Kao & Goodman (2015)
• vague gradable adjectives (“John is tall.”)
  • PLU, Chapter V: Fixing free parameters
    • RSA model paper: Lassiter & Goodman (2016)
    • slides from lecture

Day 4

• Experimental data & Bayesian data analysis
  • PLU: Appendix Chapter IV
    • paper with data & model comparison: Qing & Franke (2015)
• Politeness (“Your lecture was interesting!”)
  • PLU, Chapter VIII: Social reasoning about social reasoning
    • White lies paper: Yoon, Tessler, et al. (2016)
    • Indirectness paper: Yoon et al., (2017)