Group 6 _ K66A_ Pragmatics

The utterance “ She was not aware that her son had an accident” presupposes:

• She didn’t know the accident.

• She was very sorry for the accident.

• Her son had an accident.

• Her son was badly injured in the accident.

The utterance “Mr. John’s youngest daughter is OK” presupposes:

• Mr. John has one daughter.

• Mr. John has at least 3 daughters.

• Mr. John has two daughters.

• Mr. John’s other daughters are not beautiful.

If I only like sandwiches with egg AND bacon. Do I like bacon sandwiches?

• yes

• no

• it depends

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

If I don't like peas and nor do I like honey, do I like peas with chips and no honey?

• yes

• no

• It depends

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Is the B sentence a presupposition or an entailment of the A sentence?

A: Where is the man with the megaphone?

B: There is a man with a megaphone.

• presupposition

• entailment

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Is the B sentence a presupposition or an entailment of the A sentence?

A: At least three students solved the problem.

B: At least two students solved the problem.

• presupposition

• entailment

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Is the B sentence a presupposition or an entailment of the A sentence?

A: Bill is a better linguist than Marry

B: Marry is a linguist

• presupposition

• entailment

The sentences in A presuppose the sentence B. Determine the type of presupposition.

A: The fair boy shook his head.

B: There is a boy who is fair.

• existential

• factive

• lexical

• structural

• non-factive

The sentences in A presuppose the sentence B. Determine the type of presupposition.

A: I stopped eating meat.

B: I used to eat meat

• existential

• factive

• lexical

• structural

• non-factive

The sentences in A presuppose the sentence B. Determine the type of presupposition.

A: What movie did you end up watching last friday?

B: The addressee watched a movie last friday.

• existential

• factive

• lexical

• structural

• non-factive