In the final lecture I will discuss the view that speech acts in general can be modelled as updates of the common ground, either changing the content of the common ground or the possible continuations ...

今天要学的习惯用语中的关键单词是ground。 Ground这个词最普通的意思是地面。 01 今天要学的第一个习惯用语是：from the ground up。 From the ground up这个习惯用语来自建造房屋。建房的开头第一步是什么呢？我们都知道首先得从地面上破土动工打地基，接着才能一层 ...