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Semantics 4: Groups Implicature and Presupposition

Preparation: Read chapters 4 and 5 of Yule 1996^[1]

Presentation: to be uploaded

Presentation: to be uploaded

Come up with or report a short dialogue and use it to illustrate:

one entailment
one presupposition (what is the trigger? what kind of presupposition is it?)
one implicature (what kind of implicature is it? show the calculation by applying the maximes in the case of conversational implicatures)

Upload your solution to this page: NMTS-InferencePage

Install the following software on your computer:

for the sound: Audacity
- Audacity: Software for the creation of audio podcasts
- LAME MP3 Encoder: Plug-in for Audacity
for the video:
- iMovie (for Mac)
- Moviemaker (for Windows)

If possible, bring to the class:

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 == Homework for the next meeting ==
+=== Revision of today's material ===
+Come up with or report a short dialogue and use it to illustrate:
+# one entailment
+# one presupposition (what is the trigger? what kind of presupposition is it?)
+# one implicature (what kind of implicature is it? show the calculation by applying the maximes in the case of conversational implicatures)
+Upload your solution to this page: [[NMTS-InferencePage]]
+=== Preparation for the next meeting ===
 Install the following software on your computer:
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 * your computer with the programs installed,
 * a headset so that you can do recordings on the spot.
 == References ==