期刊名称：K@ta: A Biannual Publication on the Study of Language and Literature
印刷版ISSN：1411-2639
出版年度：2011
卷号：13
期号：1
页码：123-133
DOI：10.9744/kata.13.1.123-133
语种：English
出版社：Petra Christian University
摘要：Scalar implicatures are based on a range of quantifiers ordered in terms of informational strength,for example in quantity: some,most,all;in frequency: sometimes,often,and always.This study measures the scalar implicatures among university students who learn English as a foreign language.The participants for this study are fourth semester English Department students at Binus University.Using the same instruments as in Slabakova (2009) and Noveck‟s study (2001) the present study aims to find out the general ability of the university students of computing scalar implicatures and to discover the level of pragmatic/logical competence of the university students with regards to their gender and grade point average.The results show that the students with GPA lower than three are more logical than those with GPA higher than three;while female students are more pragmatic than male students.
