Questions

“A: Will Sally be at the meeting this afternoon?

B: Her car broke down”

What kind of implicature can you find in this utterance?

• Scalar implicature

• Generalized conversational implicature

• Conventional implicature

• Particularized conversational implicature

What is the main characteristic of particularized conversational implicatures?

• Directly stated in the utterance

• Specific to the context and relationship between speakers

• Generalized across all conversations

• Absent of any implied meanings

Mary: "I thought we were going to watch a movie tonight."

John: "I have an early meeting tomorrow."

Mary: "Oh, I see."

What is John's particularized conversational implicature ?

• John is not interested in watching the movie

• Mary should have checked with John before making plans

• John is politely declining the movie plan due to his early meeting

• Mary is disappointed in John's decision.

Alex: "I feel like having Italian food tonight."

Sarah: "We've had Italian for the past three weekends."

What is Sarah's particularized conversational implicature ?

• Sarah is tired of Italian food and wants something different

• Alex prefers Italian food but is willing to compromise.

• Both Alex and Sarah are equally enthusiastic about trying something new.

• Alex is disappointed with Sarah's lack of enthusiasm for Italian food.

"Alfred has still not come"

What is the speaker's conventional implicature?

• Alfred has already arrived

• Someone else is expected to arrive

•    Alfred was expected to have come by now.

• The event will be delayed.

“John is hungry but he won’t stay for supper”

What kind of implicature can you find in this utterance?

• Scalar implicature

• Particularized conversational implicature

• Conventional implicature

A: Do you like Lisa?
B: Well, her daughter is very pretty.

What is B's particularized conversational implicature?

• Person B doesn't want to answer whether she likes Lisa directly

• Person B dislike Lisa

• Person B like Lisa's daughter

• Person B is unsure if she likes Lisa or not

"John is hungry but he won’t stay for supper"

What is the speaker's conventional implicature ?

• We might expect that if John is hungry, he will stay for supper.

• We might expect that if John isn't hungry, he will stay for supper

• We might expect that if John is not hungry, he will leave before supper.