The document discusses various types and theories of presupposition. It defines presupposition as information that a speaker assumes is already known by listeners. There are different types of presuppositions triggered by lexical items and grammatical constructions, such as existential, factive, and structural presuppositions. Theories view presupposition as either a property of sentences (semantic view) or of speaker beliefs (pragmatic view). Presuppositions are assumed to be part of the common ground between speakers but can be introduced through accommodation.
The Role of context (Discourse Analysis)Faiza Sandhu
The document discusses the importance of context in discourse analysis. It makes three key points:
1. A discourse analyst must consider the context in which a piece of discourse occurs, as context helps establish the meanings of linguistic elements. Context provides information about participants, time, location, and relationships between utterances.
2. Interpreting language requires understanding reference, presupposition, implicature, and inference based on the context. Determining implied versus literal meaning depends on context.
3. Several scholars, including Firth and Hymes, developed frameworks for systematically analyzing the elements of context, including participants, objects, settings, interactions, and how context influences meaning. Thoroughly understanding context is essential for discourse analysis
This document discusses implicature, which refers to what a speaker suggests or implies beyond the literal meaning of an utterance. There are two types of implicature: conversational implicature, which is derived from conversational principles and assumptions, and conventional implicature, which is associated with specific words. Conversational implicature can be generalized or particularized. Scalar implicature communicates additional information based on a scale of values used in an utterance. The document provides examples to illustrate these concepts of implicature.
This document defines and compares presupposition and entailment. Presupposition refers to information assumed to be true prior to an utterance, whereas entailment logically follows from what is asserted. There are different types of presupposition such as existential, factive, and lexical. Entailments are logical implications of an utterance, but presuppositions can be canceled in certain contexts. The projection problem refers to presuppositions not necessarily carrying over when a sentence becomes more complex.
This document discusses context and co-text in language. It defines context as the circumstances and audience that influence the meaning communicated by a speaker or writer. It also discusses reference as using linguistic forms like pronouns or definite articles to identify something, and how reference relies on shared knowledge between the speaker and listener. Finally, it explains how inference, collaboration between communicators, and pragmatic connections within a sociocultural community are necessary to understand references in context.
SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS - PRESUPPOSITIONS AND ENTAILMENTSMusfera Nara Vadia
This document discusses the concepts of presupposition and entailment in linguistics. It defines presupposition as something the speaker assumes to be true prior to making an utterance, while entailment is something that logically follows from what is asserted in an utterance. The document provides examples and types of presuppositions including existential, factive, lexical, structural, non-factive, and counter-factual presuppositions. It also discusses entailments and how they differ from presuppositions in depending on sentence meaning rather than context. The document concludes by explaining the projection problem with presuppositions and how foreground and background entailments can indicate intended meaning.
The document discusses presuppositions and entailments in language. It defines presuppositions as assumptions that speakers make before making an utterance that the hearer already knows. Entailments are logical implications that follow from assertions in utterances. The document provides examples of different types of presupposition triggers in language, such as definite descriptions and factive verbs. It distinguishes between presuppositions and entailments, noting that speakers have presuppositions while sentences have entailments.
Hedges are linguistic devices used by speakers to acknowledge they may not fully adhere to the maxims of quality, quantity, relation and manner. Examples of hedges include "I'm not sure if..." or "As far as I know..." which show respect for the quality maxim. Hedges allow speakers to convey uncertainty or lack of information while still communicating effectively. Inference is a conclusion drawn by a listener based on their background knowledge, while a presupposition is an implicit assumption that underlies what is said.
Pragmatics presentation presupposition prepared by Mr. Ijaz Ahmed MPhil Schol...Ijaz Ahmed
This presentation discusses presupposition in linguistics. It defines presupposition as an implicit assumption whose truth is taken for granted. There are several types of presuppositions including existential, factive, lexical, structural, non-factive, and counterfactual presuppositions. Examples are provided for each type from a short story. The presentation concludes that presuppositions are implicit assumptions speakers and listeners assume to make utterances appropriate in context.
The Role of context (Discourse Analysis)Faiza Sandhu
The document discusses the importance of context in discourse analysis. It makes three key points:
1. A discourse analyst must consider the context in which a piece of discourse occurs, as context helps establish the meanings of linguistic elements. Context provides information about participants, time, location, and relationships between utterances.
2. Interpreting language requires understanding reference, presupposition, implicature, and inference based on the context. Determining implied versus literal meaning depends on context.
3. Several scholars, including Firth and Hymes, developed frameworks for systematically analyzing the elements of context, including participants, objects, settings, interactions, and how context influences meaning. Thoroughly understanding context is essential for discourse analysis
This document discusses implicature, which refers to what a speaker suggests or implies beyond the literal meaning of an utterance. There are two types of implicature: conversational implicature, which is derived from conversational principles and assumptions, and conventional implicature, which is associated with specific words. Conversational implicature can be generalized or particularized. Scalar implicature communicates additional information based on a scale of values used in an utterance. The document provides examples to illustrate these concepts of implicature.
This document defines and compares presupposition and entailment. Presupposition refers to information assumed to be true prior to an utterance, whereas entailment logically follows from what is asserted. There are different types of presupposition such as existential, factive, and lexical. Entailments are logical implications of an utterance, but presuppositions can be canceled in certain contexts. The projection problem refers to presuppositions not necessarily carrying over when a sentence becomes more complex.
This document discusses context and co-text in language. It defines context as the circumstances and audience that influence the meaning communicated by a speaker or writer. It also discusses reference as using linguistic forms like pronouns or definite articles to identify something, and how reference relies on shared knowledge between the speaker and listener. Finally, it explains how inference, collaboration between communicators, and pragmatic connections within a sociocultural community are necessary to understand references in context.
SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS - PRESUPPOSITIONS AND ENTAILMENTSMusfera Nara Vadia
This document discusses the concepts of presupposition and entailment in linguistics. It defines presupposition as something the speaker assumes to be true prior to making an utterance, while entailment is something that logically follows from what is asserted in an utterance. The document provides examples and types of presuppositions including existential, factive, lexical, structural, non-factive, and counter-factual presuppositions. It also discusses entailments and how they differ from presuppositions in depending on sentence meaning rather than context. The document concludes by explaining the projection problem with presuppositions and how foreground and background entailments can indicate intended meaning.
The document discusses presuppositions and entailments in language. It defines presuppositions as assumptions that speakers make before making an utterance that the hearer already knows. Entailments are logical implications that follow from assertions in utterances. The document provides examples of different types of presupposition triggers in language, such as definite descriptions and factive verbs. It distinguishes between presuppositions and entailments, noting that speakers have presuppositions while sentences have entailments.
Hedges are linguistic devices used by speakers to acknowledge they may not fully adhere to the maxims of quality, quantity, relation and manner. Examples of hedges include "I'm not sure if..." or "As far as I know..." which show respect for the quality maxim. Hedges allow speakers to convey uncertainty or lack of information while still communicating effectively. Inference is a conclusion drawn by a listener based on their background knowledge, while a presupposition is an implicit assumption that underlies what is said.
Pragmatics presentation presupposition prepared by Mr. Ijaz Ahmed MPhil Schol...Ijaz Ahmed
This presentation discusses presupposition in linguistics. It defines presupposition as an implicit assumption whose truth is taken for granted. There are several types of presuppositions including existential, factive, lexical, structural, non-factive, and counterfactual presuppositions. Examples are provided for each type from a short story. The presentation concludes that presuppositions are implicit assumptions speakers and listeners assume to make utterances appropriate in context.
This document discusses reference and inference in pragmatics. It explains that words themselves do not refer to anything directly, but rather people use words to refer to people and things. For successful reference to occur, listeners must make inferences to connect what is said to what is meant. Reference involves both the speaker's intention to identify something and the listener's recognition and interpretation of that intention through inferences based on context and shared background knowledge.
George Yule argues that words themselves do not refer to anything directly, but that reference is an act performed by people using linguistic forms. Successful reference requires collaboration between the speaker's intention to identify something and the listener's ability to recognize that intention through inference. Referring expressions provide a range of possible referents, but the context and co-text help disambiguate the intended referent. Anaphora involves subsequent references to an already introduced referent using devices like pronouns and definite noun phrases to track entities over multiple sentences.
This document discusses theories of politeness from a socio-pragmatic perspective. It outlines Brown and Levinson's influential theory of politeness from 1978, which proposes that politeness arises from people's desire to protect each other's "face" or public self-image. Brown and Levinson identify two types of face - positive face, which is the desire to be approved of, and negative face, which is the desire to not be imposed on. They suggest politeness strategies like indirect speech acts that mitigate potential threats to another's face. The document also reviews other approaches to politeness including social norm, conversational contact, and maxims approaches.
This document provides an overview of concepts related to conversation analysis. It discusses terms like interaction, conversation structure, and conversation analysis. Specific concepts covered include pauses and overlaps in conversation, conversational style, adjacency pairs, and preference structure. Adjacency pairs refer to automatic response patterns like greetings. Preference structure divides responses into preferred and dispreferred based on social expectations. Dispreferred responses require more hesitation and account-giving language. Overall, the document analyzes different elements that shape conversations between participants.
Grice's theory of conversational implicatureLahcen Graid
Grice's theory of implicature examines how speakers imply meanings beyond what is literally said through utterances. It distinguishes between what is said, based on literal meaning of words, and what is implicated or suggested. Grice provides an example where a speaker implies something different by saying "he hasn't been to prison yet." His theory also differentiates between conventional implicatures from literal meanings of words and conversational implicatures derived from cooperation between speakers. Grice proposes a cooperative principle and maxims like quality and quantity that speakers generally follow but can flout to generate implicatures. When maxims are flouted, hearers can infer additional intended meanings or implicatures.
The document discusses cooperation and implicature in conversations. It explains that cooperation is the basis for successful conversations, as people try to converse smoothly. Cooperation and implicature are fundamentally linked, as conversations assume people are not trying to confuse or withhold information from each other. Implicature conveys additional meaning beyond what is literally said, which listeners infer. The cooperative principle and Grice's maxims provide guidelines for effective language use. Scalar, particularized, conventional implicatures are discussed as ways additional meanings are communicated.
The document discusses presuppositions and entailments. Presuppositions are assumptions that a speaker expects the listener to know, such as implicit meanings conveyed through language. Entailments are logical consequences that follow from what is said. Speakers have presuppositions while sentences have entailments. There are different types of presuppositions including existential, factive, and structural presuppositions. Entailments refer to an implicational relationship between sentences where the truth of one guarantees the truth of the other. Presuppositions remain even when a statement is negated, unlike entailments.
Unit 6 - Predicates, Referring Expressions, and Universe of DiscourseAshwag Al Hamid
- Speakers refer to things in their utterances using referring expressions. Referring expressions give clues to help the hearer identify the referent. Predicates may be embedded in referring expressions.
- Generic sentences make statements about whole unrestricted classes rather than particular individuals.
- While semantics is concerned with meaning and existence, imagination allows us to refer to nonexistent things. The universe of discourse is the world, real or imaginary, being discussed. Successful communication requires assuming the same universe of discourse.
This document discusses the concept of politeness in language. It begins by defining politeness as having good manners and respect for others. It then addresses some challenges in studying politeness across cultures, noting that apologies or requests can have different meanings. Politeness is used to prevent threats to one's public self-image. Levinson's strategies of politeness are outlined, including positive politeness to connect with others and negative politeness to respect independence. The relationship between linguistic forms and politeness is explored, with references provided for further reading.
Pragmatics presupposition and entailnmentphannguyen161
The document discusses presupposition and entailment, defining presupposition as implicit assumptions in an utterance and entailment as logical implications. It identifies different types of presupposition triggers including existential, factive, lexical, and structural presuppositions. Entailment is characterized as a relationship between propositions where the truth of one implies the truth of the other based on word meanings.
Deixis refers to linguistic expressions that can only be interpreted based on contextual information about who is speaking, where, and when. Deixis includes pronouns like I, you, and demonstratives like this and that. The meaning of deictic expressions depends on the deictic center, which is the speaker's point of view in terms of person, place, and time. There are different types of deixis, including person deixis referring to speakers and addressees, place deixis indicating locations, and time deixis referring to moments in time. Deixis is a fundamental aspect of language that allows speakers to anchor meanings to the immediate context of an utterance.
1. In the first conversation, the Quality maxim is being flouted.
2. In the second conversation, the Quantity maxim is being flouted.
3. In the third conversation, the Relevance maxim is being flouted.
4. In the fourth conversation, the Manner maxim of avoiding ambiguity is being flouted.
2. Yes, the implicatures are successful in each case because the hearer recognizes that a maxim is being flouted and is able to infer the implicated meaning.
05 cooperation and implicature for studentsgadis pratiwi
This document discusses conversational implicature and related concepts. It defines implicature as implied meanings communicated through conversation beyond the literal meaning of the words. Conversational implicatures arise through adherence to the Cooperative Principle and its maxims of Quantity, Quality, Relation, and Manner. Generalized implicatures can be calculated without specific context, while particularized implicatures depend on contextual assumptions. Scalar implicatures occur through terms on scales like "some but not all." Conversational implicatures are cancelable and reinforceable, unlike conventional implicatures associated with words like "but."
This document provides an overview of pragmatics and summarizes several key concepts in pragmatics. It begins with defining pragmatics as the systematic study of language use in context. It then distinguishes pragmatics from semantics and discourse analysis. Several pragmatic concepts are then summarized in 1-2 sentences each, including speech act theory, conversational implicature, conversational maxims, politeness, presupposition, deixis, and reference and inference. The document aims to introduce some of the main topics and approaches in the field of pragmatics.
This document discusses linguistic politeness and various models of politeness. It defines politeness as linguistic structures that express a speaker's attitude in a pragmatic rather than semantic way. Interactions involve both conveying meaning and observing social rules shaped by distance and closeness between participants. Watts groups standard behaviors like "thank you" and address terms under the term "politic behavior" which society expects in certain situations. The document outlines politeness models including Lakoff's social norm model, Leech's conversational maxim model, Fraser and Nolen's conversational contract model, and Brown and Levinson's face theory of politeness involving face-threatening acts and strategies to maintain one's own and others' positive and negative face.
The document discusses pragmatics, which is the study of how language is used in context and why people use language in particular ways. It provides examples of how the meaning of the word "ball" changes based on the context and discusses different types of context including physical, epistemic, linguistic, and social context. It also discusses speech acts, direct and indirect speech acts, felicity conditions for different speech acts, and Grice's cooperative principle and maxims of conversation. Finally, it discusses language use in advertising and provides discourse analysis examples.
This document discusses the concepts of reference and inference in pragmatics. It defines reference as using linguistic forms like referring expressions to identify things, and inference as connecting prior knowledge to understand implied meanings beyond what is directly stated. There are four main categories of referring expressions: proper nouns, definite noun phrases, indefinite noun phrases, and pronouns. For successful reference, both the linguistic context and physical context must be considered to determine the intended referent. Reference relies on anaphora to continue identifying entities, while ellipsis and implicature also play a role through omitted references understood through inference.
Implicature refers to what a speaker implies rather than literally says. There are two main types: conversational implicature which is derived from cooperative conversation principles, and conventional implicature which is associated with specific words. Conversational implicature includes generalized implicature which does not depend on context, and particularized implicature which does. Scalar implicature also falls under conversational implicature and is implied when a weaker term on a scale is used. Particularized implicature provides more contextual information than generalized implicature. Implicatures can intentionally or unintentionally impact understanding in conversations.
Speech act theory proposes that language is used not just to inform but also to perform actions. John Austin distinguished three acts in a speech act: the locutionary act of uttering words, the illocutionary act of conveying intended meaning, and the perlocutionary act of producing effects on listeners. John Searle later classified illocutionary acts into five categories: directives, commissives, representatives, declaratives, and expressives. Together, speech act theory explores how language is used to do things through utterances.
This document discusses presuppositions, which are pieces of information that a speaker assumes is already known by the listener. There are different types of presuppositions, including lexical presuppositions triggered by words, factive presuppositions triggered by verbs like "know" and "regret", and structural presuppositions triggered by question words and conditionals. Presuppositions are an important part of implicit meaning in language.
This document defines and describes different types of presuppositions. It begins by defining a presupposition as something a speaker assumes to be true before making a statement, whereas an entailment is something that logically follows from an utterance. It then lists and describes seven types of presuppositions: potential presuppositions, existential presuppositions, factive presuppositions, lexical presuppositions, structural presuppositions, non-factive presuppositions, and counterfactual presuppositions. For each type, it provides examples to illustrate the meanings.
This document discusses reference and inference in pragmatics. It explains that words themselves do not refer to anything directly, but rather people use words to refer to people and things. For successful reference to occur, listeners must make inferences to connect what is said to what is meant. Reference involves both the speaker's intention to identify something and the listener's recognition and interpretation of that intention through inferences based on context and shared background knowledge.
George Yule argues that words themselves do not refer to anything directly, but that reference is an act performed by people using linguistic forms. Successful reference requires collaboration between the speaker's intention to identify something and the listener's ability to recognize that intention through inference. Referring expressions provide a range of possible referents, but the context and co-text help disambiguate the intended referent. Anaphora involves subsequent references to an already introduced referent using devices like pronouns and definite noun phrases to track entities over multiple sentences.
This document discusses theories of politeness from a socio-pragmatic perspective. It outlines Brown and Levinson's influential theory of politeness from 1978, which proposes that politeness arises from people's desire to protect each other's "face" or public self-image. Brown and Levinson identify two types of face - positive face, which is the desire to be approved of, and negative face, which is the desire to not be imposed on. They suggest politeness strategies like indirect speech acts that mitigate potential threats to another's face. The document also reviews other approaches to politeness including social norm, conversational contact, and maxims approaches.
This document provides an overview of concepts related to conversation analysis. It discusses terms like interaction, conversation structure, and conversation analysis. Specific concepts covered include pauses and overlaps in conversation, conversational style, adjacency pairs, and preference structure. Adjacency pairs refer to automatic response patterns like greetings. Preference structure divides responses into preferred and dispreferred based on social expectations. Dispreferred responses require more hesitation and account-giving language. Overall, the document analyzes different elements that shape conversations between participants.
Grice's theory of conversational implicatureLahcen Graid
Grice's theory of implicature examines how speakers imply meanings beyond what is literally said through utterances. It distinguishes between what is said, based on literal meaning of words, and what is implicated or suggested. Grice provides an example where a speaker implies something different by saying "he hasn't been to prison yet." His theory also differentiates between conventional implicatures from literal meanings of words and conversational implicatures derived from cooperation between speakers. Grice proposes a cooperative principle and maxims like quality and quantity that speakers generally follow but can flout to generate implicatures. When maxims are flouted, hearers can infer additional intended meanings or implicatures.
The document discusses cooperation and implicature in conversations. It explains that cooperation is the basis for successful conversations, as people try to converse smoothly. Cooperation and implicature are fundamentally linked, as conversations assume people are not trying to confuse or withhold information from each other. Implicature conveys additional meaning beyond what is literally said, which listeners infer. The cooperative principle and Grice's maxims provide guidelines for effective language use. Scalar, particularized, conventional implicatures are discussed as ways additional meanings are communicated.
The document discusses presuppositions and entailments. Presuppositions are assumptions that a speaker expects the listener to know, such as implicit meanings conveyed through language. Entailments are logical consequences that follow from what is said. Speakers have presuppositions while sentences have entailments. There are different types of presuppositions including existential, factive, and structural presuppositions. Entailments refer to an implicational relationship between sentences where the truth of one guarantees the truth of the other. Presuppositions remain even when a statement is negated, unlike entailments.
Unit 6 - Predicates, Referring Expressions, and Universe of DiscourseAshwag Al Hamid
- Speakers refer to things in their utterances using referring expressions. Referring expressions give clues to help the hearer identify the referent. Predicates may be embedded in referring expressions.
- Generic sentences make statements about whole unrestricted classes rather than particular individuals.
- While semantics is concerned with meaning and existence, imagination allows us to refer to nonexistent things. The universe of discourse is the world, real or imaginary, being discussed. Successful communication requires assuming the same universe of discourse.
This document discusses the concept of politeness in language. It begins by defining politeness as having good manners and respect for others. It then addresses some challenges in studying politeness across cultures, noting that apologies or requests can have different meanings. Politeness is used to prevent threats to one's public self-image. Levinson's strategies of politeness are outlined, including positive politeness to connect with others and negative politeness to respect independence. The relationship between linguistic forms and politeness is explored, with references provided for further reading.
Pragmatics presupposition and entailnmentphannguyen161
The document discusses presupposition and entailment, defining presupposition as implicit assumptions in an utterance and entailment as logical implications. It identifies different types of presupposition triggers including existential, factive, lexical, and structural presuppositions. Entailment is characterized as a relationship between propositions where the truth of one implies the truth of the other based on word meanings.
Deixis refers to linguistic expressions that can only be interpreted based on contextual information about who is speaking, where, and when. Deixis includes pronouns like I, you, and demonstratives like this and that. The meaning of deictic expressions depends on the deictic center, which is the speaker's point of view in terms of person, place, and time. There are different types of deixis, including person deixis referring to speakers and addressees, place deixis indicating locations, and time deixis referring to moments in time. Deixis is a fundamental aspect of language that allows speakers to anchor meanings to the immediate context of an utterance.
1. In the first conversation, the Quality maxim is being flouted.
2. In the second conversation, the Quantity maxim is being flouted.
3. In the third conversation, the Relevance maxim is being flouted.
4. In the fourth conversation, the Manner maxim of avoiding ambiguity is being flouted.
2. Yes, the implicatures are successful in each case because the hearer recognizes that a maxim is being flouted and is able to infer the implicated meaning.
05 cooperation and implicature for studentsgadis pratiwi
This document discusses conversational implicature and related concepts. It defines implicature as implied meanings communicated through conversation beyond the literal meaning of the words. Conversational implicatures arise through adherence to the Cooperative Principle and its maxims of Quantity, Quality, Relation, and Manner. Generalized implicatures can be calculated without specific context, while particularized implicatures depend on contextual assumptions. Scalar implicatures occur through terms on scales like "some but not all." Conversational implicatures are cancelable and reinforceable, unlike conventional implicatures associated with words like "but."
This document provides an overview of pragmatics and summarizes several key concepts in pragmatics. It begins with defining pragmatics as the systematic study of language use in context. It then distinguishes pragmatics from semantics and discourse analysis. Several pragmatic concepts are then summarized in 1-2 sentences each, including speech act theory, conversational implicature, conversational maxims, politeness, presupposition, deixis, and reference and inference. The document aims to introduce some of the main topics and approaches in the field of pragmatics.
This document discusses linguistic politeness and various models of politeness. It defines politeness as linguistic structures that express a speaker's attitude in a pragmatic rather than semantic way. Interactions involve both conveying meaning and observing social rules shaped by distance and closeness between participants. Watts groups standard behaviors like "thank you" and address terms under the term "politic behavior" which society expects in certain situations. The document outlines politeness models including Lakoff's social norm model, Leech's conversational maxim model, Fraser and Nolen's conversational contract model, and Brown and Levinson's face theory of politeness involving face-threatening acts and strategies to maintain one's own and others' positive and negative face.
The document discusses pragmatics, which is the study of how language is used in context and why people use language in particular ways. It provides examples of how the meaning of the word "ball" changes based on the context and discusses different types of context including physical, epistemic, linguistic, and social context. It also discusses speech acts, direct and indirect speech acts, felicity conditions for different speech acts, and Grice's cooperative principle and maxims of conversation. Finally, it discusses language use in advertising and provides discourse analysis examples.
This document discusses the concepts of reference and inference in pragmatics. It defines reference as using linguistic forms like referring expressions to identify things, and inference as connecting prior knowledge to understand implied meanings beyond what is directly stated. There are four main categories of referring expressions: proper nouns, definite noun phrases, indefinite noun phrases, and pronouns. For successful reference, both the linguistic context and physical context must be considered to determine the intended referent. Reference relies on anaphora to continue identifying entities, while ellipsis and implicature also play a role through omitted references understood through inference.
Implicature refers to what a speaker implies rather than literally says. There are two main types: conversational implicature which is derived from cooperative conversation principles, and conventional implicature which is associated with specific words. Conversational implicature includes generalized implicature which does not depend on context, and particularized implicature which does. Scalar implicature also falls under conversational implicature and is implied when a weaker term on a scale is used. Particularized implicature provides more contextual information than generalized implicature. Implicatures can intentionally or unintentionally impact understanding in conversations.
Speech act theory proposes that language is used not just to inform but also to perform actions. John Austin distinguished three acts in a speech act: the locutionary act of uttering words, the illocutionary act of conveying intended meaning, and the perlocutionary act of producing effects on listeners. John Searle later classified illocutionary acts into five categories: directives, commissives, representatives, declaratives, and expressives. Together, speech act theory explores how language is used to do things through utterances.
This document discusses presuppositions, which are pieces of information that a speaker assumes is already known by the listener. There are different types of presuppositions, including lexical presuppositions triggered by words, factive presuppositions triggered by verbs like "know" and "regret", and structural presuppositions triggered by question words and conditionals. Presuppositions are an important part of implicit meaning in language.
This document defines and describes different types of presuppositions. It begins by defining a presupposition as something a speaker assumes to be true before making a statement, whereas an entailment is something that logically follows from an utterance. It then lists and describes seven types of presuppositions: potential presuppositions, existential presuppositions, factive presuppositions, lexical presuppositions, structural presuppositions, non-factive presuppositions, and counterfactual presuppositions. For each type, it provides examples to illustrate the meanings.
The document provides an overview of critical reasoning and the philosophy course. It discusses:
1) The objectives of learning to think rationally and challenge others' reasoning, using logic to evaluate inferences.
2) The basic laws of logic like modus ponens and modus tollens, and how they dictate valid inferences using sentence letters.
3) What constitutes an argument, including premises, conclusions, and how to recognize arguments by looking for conclusion and premise indicators.
The document discusses presupposition and entailment in linguistics. It defines presupposition as assumptions a speaker holds prior to making an utterance. There are different types of presupposition including existential, factive, lexical, structural, counterfactual, and negative presuppositions. Entailment is defined as logical implications of what is asserted in an utterance, where sentences rather than speakers have entailments. Examples are provided to illustrate presuppositions conveyed by sentences and the difference between presupposition and entailment.
The document discusses the concept of presupposition in linguistics. It defines presupposition as a background belief that is mutually assumed by the speaker and listener for an utterance to be appropriate. There are several types of presuppositions, including existential, factive, lexical, structural, non-factive, and counterfactual presuppositions. The document provides examples for each type and discusses how presuppositions can project, or not project, when combined in more complex sentences.
This document discusses the concepts of presupposition and entailment in language. It defines presupposition as what a speaker assumes to be true prior to making an utterance, whereas entailment is what logically follows from an assertion. The document examines different types of presuppositions including existential, factive, and lexical presuppositions. It also discusses properties of presuppositions like constancy under negation. Entailment is defined as a logical relationship where one proposition necessarily follows from another. The relationship between presupposition and entailment is explored, noting they can be distinguished based on negation tests and whether sentences or speakers have them.
Let-English-Major-PART-II (1).pptx LET reviewerElysaMicu
The passage discusses various topics related to English grammar and language. It covers pragmatics concepts like speech acts, types of force, and cooperative principles. It also discusses views about language, parts of a newspaper, reading fluency, and grammatical cohesion. Key concepts explained in detail include presupposition, implicature, entailment, Grice's conversational maxims, and different types of referencing. Examples are provided to illustrate each concept.
The document discusses the concepts of presupposition and entailment in language. Presuppositions are assumptions that speakers convey through their use of language, such as assuming information is already known by listeners. Entailments are logical implications that follow from what is directly stated. The key differences are that presuppositions do not change under negation, while sentences rather than speakers have entailments. Examples are provided to illustrate presuppositions conveyed through lexical items, structures, and types of verbs.
Davidson argues that thought depends on language based on two key points. First, without language like speech behaviors to interpret, it is difficult to make the fine distinctions between thoughts needed for teleological explanations of behavior. Second, the concept of belief that is essential to thought can only arise through interpretation, so only interpreters of language can have beliefs and thoughts. The document discusses Davidson's views in more detail and considers some objections and responses.
Pragmatics is the study of contextual meaning and speaker meaning. It examines how context contributes to meaning. Some key concepts in pragmatics include deixis, which examines words like I, you, here, and now that depend on context; presupposition, which are assumptions in language; speech acts, which are actions performed through language like requests or promises; and politeness, which is using language to respect face or self-image. Pragmatics analyzes how people communicate beyond just the words themselves.
This document provides a comprehensive overview of the subjunctive mood in English grammar. It begins with an introduction to subjunctive tenses and their purpose in expressing unreal or hypothetical situations. The document then explores each subjunctive tense in detail, provides examples of their usage, common verbs that trigger the subjunctive mood, mistakes to avoid, and tips for mastering subjunctive tenses. It aims to help readers develop a clear understanding of this sometimes challenging aspect of English grammar.
ETL705 Week 6Semantics and the LexiconKey topics inBetseyCalderon89
ETL705 Week 6:
Semantics and the Lexicon
Key topics in Semantics
Sense and reference
Literal meaning
Figurative meaning
Lexical Semantics
Speech acts
Gricean maxims
Reference
presupposition
Sense and reference
Sense and reference, as we may simply say, are the two sides of a coin.
Reference (Denotation) is the person, the object, or anything that we are talking about and has a reference in the outside world.
Sense (Meaning) is related to the meaning, and the way the person or the object is referred to.
Activity
Identify the sense and reference of the word ‘unicorn’.
Literal vs. figurative meaning
The meaning that we draw ordinarily is called the literal meaning. The word ‘needle’ is literally defined as ‘a sharp instrument’. The non-literal meaning of ‘pain’ is not included in its dictionary definition. This is the connotative meaning that we get from ‘needle’. The denotation of the word refers (see reference in the previous slide) to the actual needle whereas the connotation, as one type of figurative meaning, is used for the sense (see sense in the previous slide).
Figurative meaning or figurative language is used for different purposes; e.g., for exaggeration, for analogy, and for metaphors, among other things. In literature it is often known as figure of speech.
Metaphors
The sentence ‘He is the apple of my eye’ – doesn’t refer to any kind of fruit; there is, of course, no real apple in a person's eye. The "apple" is someone beloved and held dear.
When we hear this statement, we interpret it metaphorically, that is, we go beyond the literal meaning.
Other examples:
a bubbly personality
feeling blue
a rollercoaster of emotions
it’s raining men
Since our daily use of language is full of metaphors, it is sometimes hard to draw a fine distinction between the literal and the metaphoric meaning. For this reason, some linguists prefer to consider them cognitively and not linguistically.
Activity
Think of 3 metaphors in English (or another language) and discuss
Metonymy
Metonymy is another kind of figure of speech which connotes habituality or association.
e.g.
‘The pen is mightier than the sword’
What about these?
The Crown
The White House
Dish
Ears
A hand
Australia
The semantics of homophony=homonymy
Homonyms:
When two words have the same spelling and pronunciation, but different meanings
I went to the bank (by the river or to withdraw some cash?).
This is an interesting case
Activity
Provide 2 homonyms.
(If the spelling is different but the sound is the same, e.g sea and see, they are homophones)
The semantics of polysemy
Polysemy (adj polysemous):
When a word has several meanings, such as the word ‘run’.
Compare:
He runs.
The paint runs.
The engine runs.
He has a runny nose.
The grass runs for a mile.
He runs this business.
The semantics of hyponymy
The word ‘gum’ or ‘gum tree’ is one kind of tree. The general word ‘tree’ is superordinate or hyponymous to the word ‘gum tree’.
Different t ...
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Presupposition
1.
2.
3. Presupposition
Conclusion Introduction
with
Q&A
Types of
Antipresupposition Presupposition
Outline
Location &
Projection problems
Theories of
Presupposition
4. Speakers assume certain information is
already known by their listeners.
This is part of what is communicated but
not said.
Presuppositions and entailments
Two aspects of what is communicated
but not said
5. Presupposition: The information that a
speaker assumes to be already known.
(The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Language, 1987)
Implicit meanings conveyed by the speaker through
the use of particular words.
Ex: "The Cold War has ended" presupposes that the
existence of the entities it refers to, in this case the
"Cold War".
7. A presupposition is a condition which must be
fulfilled in order for an expression to make sense
A presupposition is introduced by a lexical element
or construction called the presupposition trigger
8. A presupposition:
Is a background belief, mutually assumed by the
speaker and the addressee for the utterance to be
considered appropriate in context
Survives when the utterance is negated, questioned
or embedded in an attitude context
Is triggered by a lexical item or a grammatical
construction in the utterance
9. TYPES OF PRESUPPOSITION
Presuppositions are associated with the use of a
large number of words, phrases and structures.
These linguistic forms are considered as indicators
of potential presupposition, which can only become
actual presupposition in contexts with speakers.
10. Existential Presupposition
Entities named by the speaker and assumed to be
present
- NP.
- Possessive constructions
“Rahat’s car is new” we can presuppose that
Rahat exists and that he has a car.
Some lexical triggers:
Definite NPs:
The student fell asleep.
The student didn’t fall asleep
Atif is a bachelor (Atif is an unmarried male person)
11. Factive Presupposition
Identified by the presence of some verbs such as "know“,
"realize“, “be glad”, “be sorry”, etc.
Some lexical triggers:
Factive verbs:
Lawrence realized Rana ate a sandwich.
Rana regretted eating a sandwich.
Rana liked eating a sandwich.
I was aware of the class cancellation on Saturday
They announced the winner of the contest.
She didn’t realize that she was ill.
12. Lexical Presupposition
In using one word, the speaker can act as if another
meaning will be understood. For instance:
Mary stopped running. (>>He used to run.)
You are late again. (>> You were late before.)
Are you still such a bad driver? (>> You were a bad driver)
"stop“, "again“ “still” are taken to presuppose another
(unstated) concept.
Some lexical triggers:
Change of state verbs:
Rana stopped eating a sandwich (at 2pm).
Rana started eating a sandwich (at 2pm).
Verbs of judgment:
Lawrence blamed Rana for eating the sandwich.
Lawrence faults Rana for eating the sandwich.
13. Structural Presupposition
It is the assumption associated with the use of certain
structures.
- wh-question constructions.
When did she travel to the USA? ( >> she travelled)
Where did you buy the book? (>> you bought the book)
The listener perceives that the information presented is
necessarily true, or intended as true by the speaker..
14. Non-factive presupposition
it is an assumption referred to something that is not
true.
For example, verbs like "dream", "imagine" and
"pretend" are used with the presupposition that what
follows is not true.
I dreamed that I was rich. (>> I was not rich)
We imagined that we were in London. (>> We were
not in London)
15. Counterfactual presupposition
It is the assumption that what is presupposed is not
only untrue, but is the opposite of what is true, or
contrary to facts.
-conditional structures,
If you were my daughter, I would not allow you to do
this. ( >> you are not my daughter)
If I were rich I would buy a Ferrari (>> I’m not rich)
16. Theories of Presupposition
Presupposition as a property of sentences
under this view, presupposition is part of linguistic meaning
therefore, it is a “semantic” phenomenon
Presupposition as speaker belief
under this view, a presupposition is something believed to be true
by the speaker, as part of a communicative act
therefore, it’s a “pragmatic” phenomenon
17. The semantic view
Essentially, tries to account for presupposition as a
truth relation
p presupposes q if:
when p is true, so is q
when p is false, q is still true
when q is true, p could be either true or false
This allows us to view presupposition on a par with
other relations like entailment
18. The semantic view
Accounts for the difference between entailment and
presupposition in a truth-conditional way
Presupposition:
If p is false, q is still true
My wife went to Karachi presupposes I have a wife
My wife didn’t go to Karachi still presupposes I have a
wife
Entailment:
If p is false, then the entailment false
I saw Arif this morning I saw someone this morning
I didn’t see Arif this morning -/-> I saw someone this
morning.
19. Problem 1: presupposition failure
Under the semantic view, we would have to say that
presupposition failure results in falsity of a sentence:
The King of France is bald.
Presupposes that there is one and only one king of France
Fact: there is no King of France
Therefore: sentence is false
We could try to analyse presupposition differently:
e.g. If q is false, then p is not false, but dubious
But do we want to claim that existence and uniqueness are
part of the meaning of the definite description?
20. Pragmatic solution to Problem 1
Under this approach, existence/uniqueness are not
part of the semantics of definite (cf our earlier
discussion of reference).
they are viewed as conventions on the use of such
expressions:
If a speaker uses a definite, this presupposes that there
is some unique entity that the listener can identify
If the convention is violated, this doesn’t render the
sentence false, but infelicitous. It’s not a lack of truth, but
a failure of the pragmatic conventions
21. Problem 2: Presupposition triggers and
context
She cried before going out.
Presupposes: She went out
She died before going out.
Does not presuppose: She went out
If presupposition is so sensitive to context, can it be
part of the expression meaning?
22. The pragmatic reply
Presuppositions are defensible:
They are conventionally carried by certain
expressions
Speakers are conscious of the presuppositions
their utterances carry
But in some contexts, they are simply defeated
or cancelled
23. Some more on the pragmatic theory
Influential exponents include Stalnaker (1974):
Suggested that when people communicate, they have a
common ground (CG)
This is a background set of assumptions that they both
make, and know to be true
Presupposition works against this common ground
Felicitous use of an utterance requires that its
presuppositions be commonly held by all interlocutors
24. Dealing with new presuppositions
It’s a fact about communication that not everything
we presuppose is known to our interlocutor
A: My dog died.
B: Didn’t know you had one.
Ways out:
we can ask for clarification
sometimes, we don’t because the presupposition is
quite clear and obvious
We just adopt it.
25. Accommodation
Lewis (1979) suggested that interlocutors carry out
Accommodation:
If at time t something is said that presupposes p,
but p is not presupposed (not in common ground),
then, all other things being equal, p is introduced in
the common ground.
26. Accommodation example
Speaker A (to B):
The guy who murdered my cat was really insane.
They’ve now put him in an asylum.
Suppose B didn’t know my cat was murdered.
The definite description the guy who murdered my cat
presupposes that there is one person who was the
murderer of my cat
B can accommodate this, by assuming that it’s true and
is now part of common ground
27. How to locate
Where, When & Why
Projection
Projection problems
28. Elements that introduce presuppositions are called
presupposition triggers
Factive verb
Shakeel regrets that she cooked the rice.
Phase change verbs
Azam stopped smoking.
It-cleft construction
It was Mohsin who chased the thief.
Pseudo-clefts
What Mphil group brought in the classroom was a bottle of Pepsi.
29. Iterative adverbs
Younas had fed up to do Mphil, again.
Additive particles
Naqvi had observed the phenomenon of language, too.
Definite descriptions
My dog had the flu.
Certain quantifiers
Dr Shehzad welcomed all the delegates from Oxford University.
30. Presuppositions are somehow independent of the
conventional meaning and entailments expressed by a
sentence
Can be distinguished from entailments via various
presupposition tests
All tests involve some modification of the original
sentence that changes the conventional meaning in
some respect – what is left unaffected is a candidate for a
presupposition
31. Negation
Presuppositions are not affected by negation
Sentential negation affects the conventional meaning (truth) of a
sentence, but leaves presuppositions untouched
e.g.
Azam did not stop smoking.
It was not Atif who ate all chocolate cookies.
My dog does not have the flu.
32. Modals
Presuppositions are not affected by modals
Modals affect the modality of a sentence, i.e. its epistemic/
deontic /etc. status, but leave presupposition untouched
E.g.
Khan might regret that she cooked the rice.
Perhaps Dr. Shehzad welcomed all delegates from the
Oxford University
33. Questions
Presuppositions are not affected by question formation
Question formation affects the speech act (an assertion is
changed to a question), but leave presuppositions
untouched
e.g.
Does Shakeel regret that she cooked the rice?
Has Azam stopped smoking?
34. Presupposition projection refers to the fact that larger
constituents containing presupposition triggers inherit
their presuppositions in certain way
Shakeel started to learn Italian.
Atif hopes that Shakeel started to learn Italian.
Azam hopes that Shakeel started to learn Italian and he
thinks of meeting him.
All inherit the presupposition triggered by started. But
Azam claims that Shakeel started to learn Italian.
If Shakeel did not learn Italian before, he started to learn
Italian.
Do not presuppose that Shakeel did not learn Italian
before (the moment of utterance).
35. PROJECTION PROBLEM
In many cases presuppositions don’t survive to
become the meaning of complex sentences.
Why?
They are “destroyed” by entailments
The entailments are more powerful of presuppositions
36. PROJECTION PROBLEM
Examples:
The unicorn is waiting in the garden.
#Yet there are no unicorns.
Entailment problem
Pat knows that the unicorn is waiting in the garden.
#Yet there are no unicorns.
Again entailment problem
37. An antipresupposition, like a presupposition,
survives to negation….
An antipresupposition may be cancelled
An antipresupposition is triggered by a lexical
form, which is compared with a presuppositon
trigger.
A. A son of Shakeel’s is intelligent.
B. The son of Shakeel’s is intelligent.
Scale with presupposed contents: a < the
A is an antipresupposition trigger / the is a
presupposition trigger
38. Some sentences impose the condition that the
interlocutors not take the truth of a certain proposition for
granted (Percus, 2006):
Either it will have to e taken for granted that the proposition in
question is false,
Or it will have to be an open issue whether the proposition is true
or not.
39. In these cases, we might say that the sentence antipresupposes the
proposition in question.
Raheel thinks that Saba has a knowledge of cooking.
Antipresupposes via <think, know>:
Arif is repairing a chair in Azam’s living room.
Antipresupposes via <a, the>:
Azam has exactly one chair in his living room
Azhar assigned the same exercise to all of Adnan’s students.
Antipresupposes via <all, both>:
Adnan has exactly two students.