- a) ‘Leo is younger than Thomas’ entails b) ‘Thomas is older than Leo’.
- a) ‘Brandon forgot to pay his friend back’ presupposes b) ‘Brandon intended to pay his friend back’. Presupposition trigger: “forgot”.
- a) ‘Nicole stopped hanging out with Lauren’ presupposes b) ‘Nicole used to hang out with Lauren’. Presupposition trigger: “stopped”.
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1A entails 1B
1A) The manager fired Mark today.
1B) Mark was fired.
2A Presupposes 2B:
2A) My aunts hair is brown.
2B) You have an aunt.
The presupposition trigger is the possessive phrase “my aunt.”
3A Presupposes 3B:
3A) Mary is sorry that she pushed Mike.
3B) Mary pushed Mike.
The Presupposition trigger is the factive predicate: “Is sorry.”
Post 2
1a. The Bakery was out of ingredients so they couldn’t make any chocolate cupcakes.
1b. The Bakery was out of chocolate cupcakes.
1a entails 1b because if they ran out of ingredients to make chocolate cupcakes then it has to be true that the Bakery was all out of chocolate cupcakes. But if the bakery was all out of the chocolate cupcakes it does not necessarily mean that they ran out of ingredients. The baker could be home sick or they may have just sold out. Maybe they burnt that batch!
2a. Jessica’s girlfriend is very tall
2b. Jessica has a girlfriend
The trigger is the possessive apostrophe -s denoting that this is a girlfriend of Jessica.
3a. Mary stopped smoking cigarettes
3b. Mary used to smoke cigarettes
The trigger is “stopped” because it presupposes that Mary used to smoke.
Blog Post #2
1a entails 1b
Becky crashed the car.
The car was crashed.
2a presupposes 2b
The worker managed to close the store early.
The store closed early.
The presupposition trigger word is “managed”. It presupposes that the workers wanted to close early.
3a presupposes 3b
If Kelly went to sleep early, she wouldn’t have missed the bus.
Kelly missed the bus.
The presupposition trigger is “If she went to sleep early”. It presupposes that she went to sleep late.
Blog Post 2
1a entails 1b
1a. The leopard gecko ate the cricket.
1b. The cricket is dead.
2a presupposes 2b
2a. Jesse stopped playing Fortnite.
2b. Jesse once played Fortnite.
2a trigger; stopped.
3a presupposes 3b
3a. Togi used to be the best shaman in his clan.
3b. Togi is no longer the best shaman in his clan.
3a trigger; used to be.
1a entails 1b
Sabrina was fired from her job
Sabrina has been terminated from her job
2a presupposes 2b
2a: Steven stopped going to the gym.
2b: steven once went to the gym
Sentence 2a presupposes sentence 2b in which the presupposition is that Steven had once gone to the gym before he stopped.
The trigger word is “stopped”
3a presupposes 3b
3a. Jase no longer reads and writes novels.
3b. Jase used to read and write novels.
Sentence 3a presupposes sentence 3b in which the presupposition is that Jase wrote and read novels.
The presupposition trigger word is “no longer”
blog post 2
1a entails 1b
1a) Amy managed to leave on time.
1b) Amy left on time.
2a presupposes 2b
2a) Tim regrets he kissed Jill.
2b) Tim kissed Jill.
The trigger is regrets.
3a presupposes 3b
3a) Tom managed to give up drinking.
3b) Tom tried to give up drinking.
The trigger is managed.
Blog Post 2
1a entails 1b
1a. The president was assassinated
1b. The president is dead
2a presupposes 2b
2a. Sam regretted eating the banana
2b. Sam ate the banana
Sentence 2a presupposes sentence 2b in which the presupposition is that she ate the banana.
The presupposition trigger is regretted.
3a presupposes 3b
3a. Tyler stopped turning into a werewolf every full moon
3b. Tyler used to turn into a werewolf every full moon
Sentence 3a presupposes sentence 3b in which the presupposition is that Tyler was a werewolf.
The presupposition trigger is stopped.
Jillian Morris Blog Post 1
The words I chose that have the same denotation is “sister’ and “sibling”. I chose these words because they could mean the same thing or something different, I could say “I have two sisters” and “I have two siblings” and the sentences could be saying the same thing, or “siblings” could mean brothers or a brother and a sister. When someone says they have a sister, we automatically know what gender they are talking about when they are referring to a sibling. When someone says they have a sibling or siblings, we don’t know whether they are referring to a brother or a sister.
Blog Post #1
The pair of words that I chose with the same denotation and different expressive meanings are “mom” and “mother.” They both usually refer to a child’s female parent, but they are used in very different situations. Using the word “mom” seems very warm and gives a feeling of love and affection towards this person. The word “mother” seems very cold and makes you think that the relationship may be very distant or strained. “Mother” can also seem like a clinical term, anytime that you have to fill out forms that would ask for this kind of information, the word used is always “mother,” never “mom.” The way this word is used in this situation may also be a reason that it seems so cold and formal.
