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Basic notions in semantics

Semantics relations

Semantics relations between sentences

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• Online quiz on paraphrases (last visited July 26, 2013)
  This page is an EFL resource for students in the medical sector. Some examples include synonyms.

Ambiguity

There is an overview page in which types of ambiguity are characterized.

Inference relations

Implicature

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., Jennifer Borchert, Anne P.

Explanation, definitions, and some examples:

<mediaplayer>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUtSBL3wWZ0&feature=youtu.be</mediaplayer>

Group 4 - The 5 Characteristic Properties of Implicatures

Voice-over: Jennifer Borchert
Editing: Anna P., Stephanie C., Stephie R.
References: Levinson, Stephen C (1997): Pragmatics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Music: by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com

Presupposition

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 Diesinger and Caterina Marinacci

<mediaplayer>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb8c7pEEEYg</mediaplayer>

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There are a number of related short lectures by Jürgen Handke (Virtual Linguistics Campus, Marburg): (Note: The notation and the definitions used in these lectures may differ from the one used in our textbook.)

• Word meaning
• Vagueness and ambiguity:
  • Ambiguity
  • Vagueness
  • Telling apart ambiguity and vagueness

• Inference:
  • Entailment

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