LING 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Paul Grice, Presupposition, Pragmatics
29 Mar 2017
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Prelim 2: morphology, syntax, semantics, language acquisition (will go over more later) Determiners can radically affect the meaning of nps or dps: [[no n vp]] is true iff nothing in [[n]] is also in vp, [[every n vp]] is true iff [[n]] is a subset of vp. Intersective meaning = kim is beautiful and a dancer. Beautiful" does not modify kim, modifies dancer". Intersective meaning only = kim must be beautiful and a dancer. Studies what speakers know about the meaning of language in context. B has nothing good to say, there"s not a right answer. Presupposes a presupposes that you beat your pet. A makes a suggestion/command, b responds that way. Presuppositions are invariant under negation, but entailments disappear under negation. Seem like rules for being nice, but. Maxim of manner: be orderly: kim stole the money and went to the bank, kim went to the bank and stole the money.
