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{Indicate the relative strength of the connectives. | {Indicate the relative strength of the connectives. | ||
|type = "()"} | |type = "()"} | ||
| | | strongest | -> weakest | ||
+- Alex likes books and movies. | +- Alex likes books and movies. | ||
-+ Alex likes books or 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. | {Indicate the relative strength of the matrix predicates with respect to the subject's commitment to the truth of the complement clause. | ||
|type = "()" | |type = "()"} | ||
|strongest | ---> | weakest | |strongest | ---> | weakest | ||
-+- Pat believes that Chris loves semantics. | -+- Pat believes that Chris loves semantics. |
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.)