Quantity implicatures
Quantity implicatures
Quantity implicatures
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Reminder: Q-<strong>implicatures</strong> are abductive inferencesA realises that the figs were injected with strychnine andsuspects that somebody may have eaten some:(7) A: Did anyone eat of the figs?B: Fred ate some.Speaker is contemplating a priceless antique clock:(8) What’s this thing doing on the mantlepiece?Parent at the breakfast table:(9) I see that somebody hasn’t eaten his porridge, yet.☞ In these cases, Q-<strong>implicatures</strong> are (at the very least) lesslikely to arise: the Standard Recipe doesn’t apply here.<strong>Quantity</strong> <strong>implicatures</strong>
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