语言学概论概要semantic analysis.pptVIP

Intersentential Semantic Relations 1.Entailment 2.Presupposition 3.Implicature Entailment Definition: An entailment refers to something that logically follows what is asserted in the utterance. According to Saeed, such an intersentential semantic relationship can be defined by truth as follows: A sentence p entails a sentence q when the truth of the first p guarantees the truth of q, and the falsity of the second q guarantees the falsity of p. Example: Sentence p: I saw a boy. Sentence q: I saw a child. Sentence p: I have been to zhoushan.Sentence q: I have been to Zhejiang. Composite Tr