The results suggest that children are computing scalar implicatures when they evaluate the statements — but they largely do not substitute disjunctions and conjunctions when testing out
the possible meaning of sentences, as adults do.
Not exact matches
There is actual possibility - which you are talking about and which I am talking about in this
sentence about «2
possible meanings,» and then there is also theoretical possibility - which I thought it was obvious that I was talking about with respect to my comments on a / theory /
of time.
The focal
meaning that you find on this printed page, for example, is
possible only because your tacit knowing is dwelling in the particular letters and words I am using; and your subsidiary knowing
of the sounds
of individual letters and the
meanings of individual words is now (without your focusing on it) integrating the particulars into the explicit
meaning you find in my
sentences and paragraphs.
As
of 1 February, new guidelines * in England and Wales
mean food industry professionals face
possible custodial
sentences for actions deemed to have caused harm or risk
of harm to consumers.
You can also check the Youtube video I made on the same topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D66r8guvfDc Some ideas how to use it in class: - Simply read the story to French beginners - Work out the
meaning of the book in pairs with the pictures as an aid - Show them the first two pages and identify patterns (which tense is it / what are the endings
of the imperfect)- Only show the picture and ask the students to write a
sentence about it in the imperfect tense following the same pattern (then show them the
possible answer)- Ask them to create a similar book in the IT suite or for homework Please do not hesitate to share more ideas in the messages below!
Teaching Points: • Students will need some prior knowledge
of what it
means to extend a
sentence and the role that adjectives can play in this • Students should be encouraged to use as many colours as
possible to colour their pictures I have added some extras to give students and teachers an element
of choice - Differentiation: • Alternative handwriting lines • A second bordered page for students who wish to write at length • The photo section provides more difficult vocabulary and could lead more able writers towards a «what happened next» story writing style, should the teacher wish to lead them in this direction • An editable version
of all content has been provided for the teacher to make vocabulary choices.
Although it might be
possible to rewrite the first
sentence using the synonym «attraction», this alternative fails to capture the precise
meaning conveyed by the original
sentence, given how the term is used in this area
of biomedical research.
That's a run - on
sentence that simply
means that crooks (yes, some sellers are crooks, as well as others who by nature aren't crooks, but who may via the vagueness
of the SPIS be swayed temporaily to step out
of line) will be tempted to use any
means possible to fulfill the desire to gain financially, all the while discounting the effect
of the negative costs to be borne by those buyers who are helping «them» to get on with «their» lives.