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|| This inference would be an implicature. | || This inference would be an implicature. | ||
+ The dishes needed to be washed up before. | + The dishes needed to be washed up before. | ||
||''this time'' triggers a presupposition, just as ''again'' does. | |||
- Someone didn't wash up the dishes the last time they needed to be washed up. | - Someone didn't wash up the dishes the last time they needed to be washed up. | ||
|| If this can be inferred at all, it would be an implicature. | || If this can be inferred at all, it would be an implicature. | ||
Revision as of 23:19, 8 September 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
Presuppositions
The following sentences make certain presuppositions. Indicate which of the given candidate inferences are presuppositions?