Presupposition & Implicature

A conventional implicature can be canceled by further information or context.

• True

• False

What kind of implicature does B include in his expression?

A: I’m going to the prison tomorrow.

B: Will 200 dollars do?

• Scalar

• Conventional

• 1. Generalized conversational

• 1. Particularized conversational

What is Presupposition ?

1.  

• 1.  is something the sentence assumes to be the case prior to making an utterance.

• 1. is something the speaker assumes to be the case prior to making an utterance.

 What is the presupposition of this sentence?

“She asked him to give her money again”.

• 1. He never gives her money.

• 1. He gave her money before.

• 1. He will give her money next Sunday.

• 1. He is giving her money now.

What is the presupposition of this sentence?

“ I regret lending her the book.”

• 1. I will lend her the book.

• 1. I never lend her the book.

• 1. I lent her the book.

• 1. I don’t lend her the book.

 Which of the following statements is correct about existential presupposition?

• 1.  The speaker is assumed to be committed to the existance of the entities named.

• 1.  Something logically follows from what is assertes in utterance

• 1. Presupposed information can be treat as a fact.

• 1. Information is assumed not to be true.

 “He sometimes writes to me”

What kind of implicature can you find in this utterance?

• 1. Scalar implicature

• 1. Generalized conversational implicature

• 1. Conventional implicature

• 1. Particularized conversational implicature

“It is the assumption that is true and can be identified by some verbs such as ‘know’, ‘realize’, ‘ regret’, ‘be’, ‘ aware’, ‘odd’, and ’ glad’” belong to what kind of presupposition?

• 1. Existential Presupposition

• 1. Factive Presupposition

• 1. Lexical Presupposition

• 1. Structural Presupposition

Identify presupposition for the utterance below:

"If I could guarantee Henry would be OK, I’d hope you get an illness and then get hit by a car and DIE"

• 1. Lexical

• 1. Counterfactual

• 1. Structural

• Existential

 Two types of conversational implicature are:

• 1. conventional and generalized

• 1. conventional and particularized

• 1. generalized and particularized

• 1. tautologies and generalized