For this Wednesday 1/26 and Friday 1/28, please read sections 3.0 and 3.1 (pgs. 97-109) of the following book chapter, which can be downloaded (PDF) from the “Readings” section of this website:
Levinson, Stephen C. 1983. Pragmatics, Chap. 3 (‘Conversational Implicature’). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
(Note: there is a typo in the printed syllabus–you should read through to pg. 109, rather than stopping at pg. 105.)