English Linguistics - Assignment 8 James Madison University

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1. Find one example of an idiom. ___________ How do you know it is an idiom? ____________________________________________________________
2. For each of the pairs of sentences below, explain why the first entails the second and state whether it is an example of structural entailment, a lexical entailment, or a semantic entailment.
   1. John voted for George W. Bush. --> John voted for a republican.
   2. The cow jumped over the moon. --> The cow jumped.
   3. A pediatrician stole my homework. --> A doctor stole my homework.
3. For each sentence below, write down a presupposition made in that sentence:
   1. Our new robot is acting strange.
   2. Valerie regretted not receiving a Corvette for her birthday.
   3. The professor forgot that her students are brilliant.
   4. Please take me out to the ball game again.
   5. Do your pigs have wings?