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Implicature is a discourse phenomenon

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Real data The classical account Sub-propositional implicatures Supra-propositional implicatures<br />

Deriving implicatures in context<br />

Singular indefinites<br />

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“A student of mine has read several of Chomsky’s papers.”<br />

DRS with alternatives:<br />

x<br />

student(x)<br />

a x read several of C’s papers<br />

b x read all of C’s papers<br />

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Final DRS:<br />

x<br />

student(x)<br />

x read several of C’s papers<br />

¬ x read all of C’s papers<br />

Bart Geurts: <strong>Implicature</strong> <strong>is</strong> a d<strong>is</strong>course <strong>phenomenon</strong>

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