Meaning relations between sentences.

An entailment is:

• A phrase that is assumed not to be true.

• A case prior to an utterance.

• A relationship between 2 or more presupposition.

• A phrase that logically follows from the utterance.

Entailments depend on sentence meaning, not the context in which the sentence is used.

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• False

What is types of truth condition?

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The relation of A and B:

A) She is single.

B) She is married.

• Entailment

• Paraphrase

• Contradiction

• Presupposition

The relation of A and B:

A) Jim lives in Manchester.

B) Jim lives in England.

• Entailment

• Paraphrase

• Contradiction

• Presupposition

What is definition of paraphrase?

• Relationships in a language.

• Provide another sentence that has virtually the same meaning.

• The same proposition as another sentence is a paraphrase of that sentence.

• One statement has the same meaning as another.

The relation of A and B:

A) Mary loves flowers

B) Mary loves roses

• Presupposition

• Contradiction

• Paraphrase

• Entailment

The relation of A and B:

A) The buyer sent the check to me.

B) The buyer sent me the check.

• Presupposition

• Contradiction

• Paraphrase

• Entailment

A contradiction is:

• One statement has the same meaning as another.

• A sentence has no meaning in the everyday world.

• A phrase that logically follows from the utterance.

• If one statement is true the other must be false.

The contradiction is based on antonymy between lexical items.

• True

• False