Quantity implicatures
Quantity implicatures
Quantity implicatures
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A problem with n-ary disjunctions (n ≥ 1)Idea #2:Stick to the binary analysis of the connectives:The underlying form of “A, B, or C”is either “A or (B or C)” or “(A or B) or C”.Hence, the stronger alternatives to “A, B, or C” areeither:A and (B and C)A and (B or C)A or (B and C)or:(A and B) and C(A and B) or C(A or B) and CNote: This requires multiple substitutions.<strong>Quantity</strong> <strong>implicatures</strong>