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== Homework for the next meeting ==
== 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:
Install the following software on your computer:
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* your computer with the programs installed,
* your computer with the programs installed,
* a headset so that you can do recordings on the spot.
* a headset so that you can do recordings on the spot.


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 08:58, 27 November 2012

Semantics 4: Groups Implicature and Presupposition

Preparation: Read chapters 4 and 5 of Yule 1996[1]

Presupposition

Group 3

Presentation: to be uploaded

Implicature

Group 4

Presentation: to be uploaded

Homework for the next meeting

Revision of today's material

Come up with or report a short dialogue and use it to illustrate:

  1. one entailment
  2. one presupposition (what is the trigger? what kind of presupposition is it?)
  3. 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
  • 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

  1. Yule, George (1996): Pragmatics. Oxford: Oxford University Press

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