Extra Credit Quiz

This extra credit quiz is worth a possible total of 5 points. You can respond to any (or none) of the questions on here. Wrong responses won’t count against you, and an extra 5 points can make a big difference to your grade, so you should do your best! To be submitted by 11:59pm on Monday, 19 December.

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What is the antonym of ‘dry’? Are these two terms simple antonyms, gradable antonyms, a converse pair, or a reverse pair?
2. Ambiguity
Imagine the following scenario:
A man walks into a venue where a concert is taking place. He looks around, wild-eyed, and shouts, to no one in particular, “It’s really crowded tonight!” The other concertgoers pay him little mind.
In the above scenario, ‘crowded’ is:
In your own words, explain one of the differences between entailment and presupposition.
4. Hyponymy
In the above diagram, which of the following is true?
5. Gricean Maxims
When a speaker flouts one of the Gricean maxims, they:

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