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2004 - Scalar Implicaturen Pi - 4
2004 - Scalar Implicaturen Pi - 4
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properties
2. Empirical of scalarimplicatures Uncontroversially, the "not all" implicature will normally
be presentin interpreting
(15a),which will be taken to convey "Someothough
not all sutdentsare waiting for
In this sectionI will first presentdatathat castsomedoubtson the traditional,strictly him'" But if implicaturesarecomputedglobally, ,urh implicature
is absentfrom (l5b).
modular view of how SIs come about. Such data will suggestthat implicatures are This seemsodd, for after all we were just repirting wtrat (l5a) gives
(or, at the very least, can be) introduced locally (i.e., in the scope domain of the us ground.sfor.
The sameholds for numerals:
scalarterm) and then projectedto (i. e., inherited by) larger embedding structures.
The main empirical generalizationsthat characterizeimplicature projection will (16) a. John:"My colleaguemakes$100an hour.,,
be discussed. b. Johnbelievesthathis colleague
makes$r00 an hour.