Presuppositon and entailment - grp 3

Speakers, not sentences, have ............

Which of the following underlined words do not contain existential presupposition?

David(A) is a doctor(B). Abby, David's dog(C) is very cute but it(D) hates cats(E). However, the cats(F) in the neighborhood(G) often disturb Abby(H)

• E, G, H

• A, B, F

• B, D, E

• A, C, D

Which of the following contains factive presupposition?

• She still plays the guitar on the street to make a living.

• Why did John drop out of school?

• I didn’t notice Tania was there.

• I wish I had a lot of money

Presuppose factive uses the truth as an assumption

• True

• False

This statement “you’re late again.” belongs to which presupposition?

• Lexical presupposition

• Structural presupposition

• Factive presupposition

• Non-factive presupposition

Identify the type of presupposition in this statement “Who collected you from the station this morning?”

• Lexical presupposition

• Structural presupposition

• Factive presupposition

• Non-factive presupposition

Which sentence contains an example of non-factive presupposition ?

• 1. I hope you enjoy the party.

• 1. She denied that she had stolen the necklace.

• 1. He thought about buying a new car.

• 1. They wanted to go to the beach, but it was too cold

Which sentence can trigger counterfactual presupposition ?

• 1. Are you still a good student ?

• 1. Chris bakes cookies again.

• 1. We imagined that we were in Budapest.

• 1. If you were my daughter, I would not allow you to do this.

1. Which one is incorrect to talk about entailment 

• 1. A pragmatic concept 

• 1. A purely logical concept.

• 1. Sentences( not speakers) have entailment

• 1. Symbol:   II-

1. (a)"Marry’s brother will turn 28 this year;"(= p)

(b)  Marry’s brother currently living (= q)

        Marry’s brother is not 28 years old (= r)

Marry has a brother (= s)

Marry’s Brother will turn 28 (= t )

In representing the relationship of entailment between (a) and (b), some logical consequences have been symbolized. Choose the proper one

• 1. q II- p

• p II- t

• p II- s

• p >> t