Linguistics Course - File 6 - Minimum three sentence reply per answer. 25. Consider a pair of sentences like The first president of the United States had dental trouble and George Washington had dent

Linguistics Course - 

File 6 - Minimum three sentence reply per answer.

25. Consider a pair of sentences like The first president of the United States had

dental trouble and George Washington had dental trouble. Do they express the

same proposition? In other words, do they have exactly the same sense?

Why or why not? (Hint: Do George Washington and the first president of the

United States have the same reference? Do they have the same sense?)

26. Consider the pair of sentences Susan closed the door and The door was closed

by Susan. Do they always have the same reference? Do you think they have

the same sense (i.e., express the same proposition) or not? Why or why

not?

File 7 - Minimum three sentence reply per answer.

45. Using sentences with presuppositions that have not been satisfied is a

strategy often associated with gossips. For example, a gossip might say,

“Are you surprised that Jack and Jill are getting married?” In this sentence,

the words surprised that are a presupposition trigger, so the sentence

presupposes that Jack and Jill are getting married without actually coming

right out and saying it. Why might a gossip adopt this strategy? Do you

believe that it is an effective strategy? Can you think of times that you

have heard this strategy used? Describe them.