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{ | {Indicate the relative strength of the quantifiers in the following sentences. | ||
|type="()"} | |type="()"} | ||
| | | strongest | ---> | ---> | weakest | ||
+--- All of the boys went to the party. | +--- All of the boys went to the party. | ||
--+- Many of the boys went to the party | |||
---+ Some of the boys went to the party. | ---+ Some of the boys went to the party. | ||
-+-- Most of the boys went to the party. | -+-- Most of the boys went to the party. | ||
--+ | |||
{Indicate the relative strength of the connectives. | |||
|type = "()"} | |||
| strongest | -> weakest | |||
+- Alex likes books and movies. | |||
-+ Alex likes books or movies. | |||
{Indicate the relative strength of the matrix predicates with respect to the subject's commitment to the truth of the complement clause. | |||
|type = "()"} | |||
|strongest | ---> | weakest | |||
-+- Pat believes that Chris loves semantics. | |||
--+ Pat doubts that Chris loves semantics. | |||
+-- Pat knows that Chris loves semantics. | |||
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Latest revision as of 23:41, 13 November 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: Stephanie C., Stephie R., Jenny, Anna P.
Implicatures
Scalar Implicatures
This exercise deals with Scalar Implicatures. A linguistic scale consists of a set of linguistic alternates, or contrastive expressions of the same grammatical category, which can be arranged in a linear order by degree of informativeness or semantic strength. (Take a look at the participants' Prezi presentation if you need help with the scalar implicatures.)