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Weak <strong>implicatures</strong> aren’t always strenghtened(4) Bonnie had an apple or a pear.Implicatures:(5) a. ¬Bel S (Bonnie had an apple)b. ¬Bel S (Bonnie had an pear)But since the Bivalence Assumption doesn’t hold in this case(why not?), we don’t get:(6) a. Bel S ¬(Bonnie had an apple)b. Bel S ¬(Bonnie had an pear)<strong>Quantity</strong> <strong>implicatures</strong>

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