Introduction to Pragmatics: Homework 5

This assignment is about conventional implicatures, and expressives in particular. There are two sources that you should study before answering the questions:

• Chapter 2 of Chris Potts's 2005 dissertation. Here is a PDF of the questions that you will be asked on this part, which you can use to prepare your answers before going to the online form:
  • Questions about Potts
• David Kaplan's lecture, The Meaning of Ouch and Oops. Here is a transcript. Here is a PDF of the questions that you will be asked on this part, which you can use to prepare your answers before going to the online form:
  • Questions about Kaplan

• Online form

This assignment is due for both classes on Monday, July 2nd.

Email Liz (Elizabeth.Coppock@phil.hhu.de) or the TAs (Eva.Nowack@hhu.de, Robin.Moellemann@hhu.de, Daniela.Schwalfenberg@hhu.de) if you have any questions.