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|| The utterance "Would you mind washing up the dishes this time?" has the following presuppostions:
|| # There are dishes that need to be washed up.
|| # There are dishes that need to be washed up.
|| # They were dishes that need to be washed up before.
|| # They were dishes that need to be washed up before.

Revision as of 00:13, 3 August 2013

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, Caterina, Daniela, Eva

The following sentences make certain presuppositions. What are they? Think about possible presuppositions and check "Done" if you're done.

Would you mind washing up the dishes this time?

Done


I want more milk for my tea!

Done


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