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Contrast and the structure of discourse

Semantics and Pragmatics, 2014
The semantics of the coordinator but does not fit neatly into the traditional distinction between entailments and conversational implicatures. In its counterexpectational use, but can convey an implication relating its two conjuncts, which Grice (1975 ...
Maziar Toosarvandani
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Two adequacy conditions on a minimalist account of truth dependence

The Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract According to Aristotle's Categories (14b14–22), the proposition that p is true because p, but it is not the case that p because the proposition that p is true. Call this truth dependence. Truth dependence is challenging for Horwich's minimalism.
Susanna Melkonian‐Altshuler
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The construction of cooperative and inferential meaning by children with Asperger syndrome

Topics in Linguistics, 2019
This study aims to apply the Gricean theory of conversational cooperation to the example of inferential meaning in the oral speech of children with pragmatic deficit. Firstly, the analysis pays attention to the use of tropic inferences and particularized
Rodríguez Muñoz Francisco J.
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Conversational Implicatures: Nonce or Generalized? [PDF]

, 2004
Cet article cherche à contribuer au débat entre ceux qui pensent que la pragmatique est une partie de la linguistique et ceux qui pensent que, bien qu'elle complète la linguistique, elle n'en est pas une partie. L'expérience rapportée porte sur le fait que les implicatures conversationnelles soient déclenchées lexicalement ou calculées au coup par coup.
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Linearism, Universalism and Scope Ambiguities

Analytic Philosophy, Volume 67, Issue 1, Page 59-71, March 2026.
ABSTRACT In this paper, I distinguish two possible families of semantics of the open future: Linearism, according to which future tense sentences are evaluated with respect to a unique possible future history, and Universalism, according to which future tense sentences are evaluated universally quantifying on the histories passing through the moment of
Aldo Frigerio
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In Defense of a Pragmatic Interpretation of Bambi Sentences

Ratio, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 1-9, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper addresses the debate surrounding bound uses of names. My primary aim is to argue that bound interpretations of names do not provide evidence that names semantically have bound uses. I begin by outlining the motivation for the view that names do have semantic bound uses, then offer several reasons to reject this view.
Seong Soo Park
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Thickness Is More Than Affective Valence: Evaluative Language Through the Lenses of Psycholinguistics

Cognitive Science, Volume 50, Issue 2, February 2026.
Abstract Thick terms like “courageous,” “smart,” and “tasty” combine description and evaluation, contrasting with purely evaluative terms like “good” and “bad,” and descriptive terms like “Italian” and “green.” Thick terms intuitively constitute a special class of evaluative language; but we currently do not know whether the psycholinguistic effects of
Giovanni Cassani, Matteo Colombo
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Conversational Implicatures of Short Story in the Newspaper

English Education Journal: Jurnal Pengembangan Pendidikan dan Pengembangan Pengajaran Bahasa
Humans communicate using language, a medium that facilitates understanding in conversations, allowing individuals to connect and share information. This form of communication has evolved over time as people have interacted and engaged with one another ...
Wiwien Pratiwi Harsa
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Conversational Humor in Intercultural Communication

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 488-497, February 2026.
ABSTRACT This study identifies failed attempts at conversational humor that were either not appreciated or resulted in impoliteness as produced by English as a lingua franca (ELF) users from the Southeast Asian countries of Thailand, Indonesia, and Myanmar who were engaging in intercultural communication.
Zhaoyi Pan
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The practicality of moral language and dynamic descriptivism

Mind &Language, Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 158-176, February 2026.
When speakers make moral claims, they often indicate that they are themselves committed to, or aim to commit their addressee to, certain actions or attitudes. The way that moral language is practical in these ways is often considered to be detrimental for any descriptivist semantics of moral language.
Stina Björkholm
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