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Conventional Implicatures in Argumentation
Languages, 2022 Despite the ubiquity of conventional implicatures in language and the critical role they play in argumentation, they have heretofore been almost entirely absent from theories of argument and the linguistic expression of reasoning.
Annette Hautli-Janisz +2 more
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‘But’ implicatures: a study of the effect of working memory and argument characteristics [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2016 This study aimed to investigate the possible cognitive costs involved in processing the implicatures from but and the conclusion introducing words so and nevertheless.
Leen Janssens, Walter Schaeken
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Varieties of conventional implicature
Semantics and Pragmatics, 2010 This paper provides a system capable of analyzing the combinatorics of a wide range of conventionally implicated and expressive constructions in natural language via an extension of Potts's (2005) L_CI logic for supplementary conventional implicatures ...
Eric Scott McCready
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Comprehending Non-literal Language: Effects of Aging and Bilingualism [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 A pressing issue that the twenty-first century is facing in many parts of the developed world is a rapidly aging population. Whilst several studies have looked at aging older adults and their language use in terms of vocabulary, syntax and sentence ...
Shamala Sundaray +3 more
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Catalan “Déu n’hi do” and Conventional Implicatures in Exclamatives
Catalan Journal of Linguistics, 2008 This paper presents a formal semantic analysis of the Catalan interjection ‘Déu n’hi do’ (DND, henceforth) and its interactions with exclamative sentences.
Laia Mayol
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Implicatures in Altfatah Nando’s Short Movie Terlanjur Mencinta
Lingual, 2021 YouTube has been flooded with contents within a movie genre, mostly the products by junior creators. It is therefore important to appreciate their works to maintain their creativities and innovations.
Idha - Nurhamidah +2 more
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Elsya, 2021 Public service announcements (PSAs) are the official way for governments to inform, educate and change public behaviour in order to reduce public health issues, such as Covid-19.
Susan Marbun +2 more
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Ignorance and competence implicatures in central Sicilian polar questions
Isogloss, 2022 In this paper we examine the distribution and functions of two optional particles found in polar questions in central Sicilian: chi and cusà. The import of these particles can best be understood if their distribution in various types of ‘non-canonical’
Valentina Bianchi, Silvio Cruschina
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SeBaSa, 2022 This study aims to describe the observance of maxims of quantity and maxims of quality, describe violations of maxims of quantity and maxims of quality, and describe the implicatures found in Mata Najwa's episode of "Ironi Hari-Hari Ini".
Dyah Pratiwi, Gallant Kurnia Assidik
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Ascending tones as signifiers of cultural identity in northern England [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2021 This study investigates prosodic patterns in dialects of Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle and Leeds that distinguish northern English pronunciation from other regional types.
Demina Malvina Aleksandrovna +1 more
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