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Acknowledgements |
4-5 |
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English Abstract |
5-7 |
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Chinese Abstract |
7-10 |
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Chapter 1 Introduction |
10-13 |
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Chapter 2 A General Survey of the Generation of SIs |
13-22 |
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2.1 Grice's Theory of Conversational Implicature |
13-15 |
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2.2 Sperber %26 Wilson's Relevance Theory |
15-16 |
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2.3 Horn's Two Principles of Conversational Implicature |
16-17 |
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2.4 Levinson's Three Principles |
17-22 |
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Chapter 3 SIs in Syntax Environment |
22-35 |
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3.1 Improvement on the Computation of Scalar Implicatures from Syntactic Point of View |
22-23 |
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3.2 When One Scalar Term Is in the Scope of Another |
23-35 |
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3.2.1 Hirschberg's Extension |
24-25 |
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3.2.2 Uli Sauerland's Proposal |
25-27 |
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3.2.3 Crossing Scales |
27-35 |
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Chapter 4 Scalar Implicatures in Downward Entailing Contexts |
35-47 |
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4.1 Semantic %26 Pragmatic Points of View of SIs |
35-37 |
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4.2 SIs in Embedded Context |
37-40 |
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4.3 Explanations of the Disappearance of SIs in DE Contexts |
40-44 |
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4.4 SIs Added in DE Contexts |
44-47 |
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Chapter 5 Further Discussion on Scalar Implicatures |
47-57 |
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5.1Criteria for Judging the Semantic Strength of Scalar Alternatives |
47-50 |
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5.2 Logical Entailing Vs. Semantic Entailing |
50-53 |
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5.3 Truth Vs. Lexical Meaning |
53-54 |
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5.4 Cancelability of Scalar Implicatures |
54-57 |
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Chapter 6 Conclusion |
57-59 |
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Reference |
59-63 |
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Publication |
63 |
