NMTS Meeting 7
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Semantics 4: Groups Implicature and Presupposition
Preparation: Read chapters 4 and 5 of Yule 1996[1]
Presupposition
Presentation: [html://user.uni-frankfurt.de/~sailer/nmts-wise1213/Presuppositions.notebook]
Implicature
Presentation: Prezi - Implicatures
Homework for the next meeting
Revision of today's material
Come up with or report a short dialogue and use it to illustrate:
- one entailment
- one presupposition (what is the trigger? what kind of presupposition is it?)
- one implicature (what kind of implicature is it? show the calculation by applying the maximes in the case of conversational implicatures)
Upload your solution to this page: NMTS-InferencePage
Preparation for the next meeting
Install the following software on your computer:
- for the sound: Audacity
- Audacity: Software for the creation of audio podcasts
- LAME MP3 Encoder: Plug-in for Audacity
- for the video:
- iMovie (for Mac)
- Moviemaker (for Windows)
If possible, bring to the class:
- your computer with the programs installed,
- a headset so that you can do recordings on the spot.
References
- ↑ Yule, George (1996): Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press
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