Quantity implicatures
Quantity implicatures
Quantity implicatures
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Ignorance inferences(3) Wilma is dating Albinoni or Boccherini. (“A or B”)Ignorance inferences: ¬Bel S (A) and ¬Bel S (¬A) ¬Bel S (B) and ¬Bel S (¬B)These are not derivable as scalar <strong>implicatures</strong>, because therelevant alternatives are shorter than (3):Wilma is dating Albinoni.Wilma is dating Boccherini.<strong>Quantity</strong> <strong>implicatures</strong>