Here’s a handout entitled “All, most, and some: A case study in scalar implicature”, which summarizes what we saw in today’s class.  The notion “scalar implicature” will remain with us throughout the semester, so it will pay to review this material, and make sure that you understand each step in the reasoning process that underlies scalar implicatures.

‘All’, ‘most’, and ‘some’: A case study in scalar implicature