Exercise Scalar Implicatures

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.)

Put the following sentences in the right order. Start with the sentence which contains the strongest quantifier.

Strongest	--->	--->	Weakest
				All of the boys went to the party.
				Some of the boys went to the party.
				Most of the boys went to the party.
				Many of the boys went to the party

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