Wiki-ch1

Basic notions in semantics

Semantics relations

Semantics relations between sentences

Links

• 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

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Group 4 - The 5 Characteristic Properties of Implicatures

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

Do you now understand implicatures? If so, test yourself using our online exercises below!

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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

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