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Conversational Implicature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Abstract Conversational implicatures (i) are implied by the speaker in making an utterance; (ii) are part of the content of the utterance, but (iii) do not contribute to direct (or explicit) utterance content; and (iv) are not encoded by the linguistic meaning of what has been uttered. In (1), Amelia asserts that she is on a diet, and
Nicholas Elwyn Allott
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Is Metalinguistic Usage a Conversational Implicature?

open access: yesTopoi, 2023
AbstractI argue against the view that metalinguistic usage is a form of conversational implicature. That view, suggested by Thomasson (Anal Philos 57(4):1-28, 2016) and Belleri (Philos Stud 174(9):2211–2226, 2017), has been most recently fleshed out by Mankowitz (Synthese 199:5603–5622, 2021).
Andres Soria-Ruiz
exaly   +3 more sources
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Conversational Implicatures and Cancellability

Acta Analytica, 2009
In this paper I argue against a criticism by Matthew Weiner to Grice’s thesis that cancellability is a necessary condition for conversational implicature. I argue that the purported counterexamples fail because the supposed failed cancellation in the cases Weiner presents is not meant as a cancellation but as a reinforcement of the implicature.
Steffen Börge
exaly   +2 more sources

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