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Basic notions in semantics

Semantics relations

Semantic relations between words

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• Special relations: Material on Antonymy

Semantics relations between sentences

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• Online quiz on paraphrases (last visited July 26, 2013)
  This page is an EFL resource for students in the medical sector. Some examples include synonyms.

Ambiguity

There is an overview page in which types of ambiguity are characterized.

Inference relations

Implicature

The following material is an adapted form of material created by student participants of the project e-Learning Resources for Semantics (e-LRS).
Involved participants: Stephanie C., Stephie R., Jennifer Borchert, Anne P.

The following video explains the five central charateristics of implicatures with a number of examples.

There are some minor corrections on the video:

• inference is pronounced [ˈɪnfərəns]
• around 1:25, defeasibility: The added if clause illustrates the cancellation of an implicature, but this is different from using a sentence inside an if clause (this would be If John has three cows, he will have enough milk for his family.

Group 4 - The 5 Characteristic Properties of Implicatures

Voice-over: Jennifer Borchert
Editing: Anna P., Stephanie C., Stephie R.
References: Levinson, Stephen C (1997): Pragmatics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Music: by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com

Presupposition

The following material is an adapted form of material created by student participants of the project e-Learning Resources for Semantics (e-LRS).
Involved participants: Katharina Diesinger and Caterina Marinacci

Watch the following video to get a basic definition and an example.

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There are a number of related short lectures by Jürgen Handke (Virtual Linguistics Campus, Marburg): (Note: The notation and the definitions used in these lectures may differ from the one used in our textbook.)

• Word meaning
• Vagueness and ambiguity:
  • Ambiguity
  • Vagueness
  • Telling apart ambiguity and vagueness

• Inference:
  • Entailment

Additional Links:

• Ambiguity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-J6i9qgAog

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