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  • Explain and classify the speech acts of given utterance.
    Interpretation: B doesn’t allow A to go outside / Classification: Representative Speech Act
  • Identify the presupposition and type of presupposition in the following sentence.
    You lost the ring - Structural presupposition
  • The following sentences make a certain presupposition. Identify them.
    She doesn't love it.
  • Identify the presupposition and type of presupposition in the following sentence.
    Gary is not beaten. - Non-factive presupposition
  • The following sentences make a certain presupposition. Identify them.
    The lady did not go to college.
  • Identify the presupposition and type of presupposition in the following sentence.
    She bought the dress - Structural presupposition
  • Identify the presupposition and type of presupposition in the following sentence.
    The king of France is bald - Factive presupposition
  • Identify the presupposition and type of presupposition in the following sentence.
    I have a computer - Existential presupposition / My computer is heating - Factive presupposition
  • Explain and classify the speech acts of given utterance.
    Interpretation: B is talking with anger to B/ Classification: Expressive Speech Act
  • The following sentences make a certain presupposition. Identify them.
    I do not have a sister. / I have not had any sisters before. / I am alone.
  • Identify the presupposition and type of presupposition in the following sentence.
    I wasn't there - Counter-factual presupposition
  • Explain and classify the speech acts of given utterance.
    Interpretation: B is asking about the last thing A wants to buy / Classification: Directive Speech Act
  • The following sentences make a certain presupposition. Identify them.
    Karen did not meditate before. - Lexical presupposition
  • Explain and classify the speech acts of given utterance.
    Interpretation: B refuses to go out. / Classification: Commissive Speech Act
  • The following sentences make a certain presupposition. Identify them.
    You are not my son - Counter-factual presupposition