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Presuppositions: 1. Would You Mind Washing Up The Dishes This Time?

The document discusses presuppositions and provides examples of sentences that make certain presuppositions. It also asks the reader to identify whether statements are presuppositions or entailments of given sentences.

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Presuppositions: 1. Would You Mind Washing Up The Dishes This Time?

The document discusses presuppositions and provides examples of sentences that make certain presuppositions. It also asks the reader to identify whether statements are presuppositions or entailments of given sentences.

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  • Presupposition Exercises: Provides examples and exercises to identify presuppositions in given sentences, enhancing understanding of underlying assumptions.
  • Entailment Exercises: Contains examples for identifying entailments, illustrating logical consequences within statements.

Presuppositions

The following sentences make certain presuppositions. Indicate which of the


given candidate inferences are presuppositions?
1. Would you mind washing up the dishes this time?

____There are dishes that need to be washed up.


____I do not have time to do the dishes.

____The dishes needed to be washed up before.

____Someone didn't wash up the dishes the last time they needed to be washed up.

2. I want more milk for my tea!

____I hate tea with milk.


____I am having tea.

____Someone has already put milk in his/her tea.

____I do not like my tea with the amount of milk that is currently in the tea.

3. Alex's wife has called.

____Alex is married.

____Alex is male.

____Alex’s wife has called the speaker.

____There exists a married woman.

Presupposition or entailment?

1. Is the B sentence a presupposition or an entailment of the A


sentence?

A: Where is the man with the megaphone? B: There is a man with a


megaphone. Presupposition
A: At least three students solved the problem. B: At least two students
solved the problem. Entailments

A: The Queen of England attended a cooking workshop. B: There is a queen


of England. Presupposition

A: My dog Richard was killed in a car accident. B: My dog Richard is dead.


Entailments

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