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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 />

Plural indefinites<br />

✷<br />

✷<br />

✷<br />

“Sm students of mine have read several of Chomsky’s<br />

papers.”<br />

DRS with alternatives:<br />

Final DRS:<br />

X<br />

student(X)<br />

a (x ∈ X)[x read several of C’s papers]<br />

b (x ∈ X)[x read all of C’s papers]<br />

X<br />

student(X)<br />

(x ∈ X)[x read several of C’s papers]<br />

¬(x ∈ X)[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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