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Conversational Implicatures (and How to Spot Them) [PDF]
In everyday conversations we often convey information that goes above and beyond what we strictly speaking say: exaggeration and irony are obvious examples. H.P.
Blome-Tillmann, Michael
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A Linguistic Analysis of the Theme of Racism Represented in Michael Jackson Protest Song's '' They Don’t Care About Us '' [PDF]
This study explores Michael Jackson Protest Song's '' They Don’t Care About Us ''. It aims to reveal the function of the pragmatic features of the song.
Jihad Shaban Wahba
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The computational complexity of avoiding conversational implicatures [PDF]
Referring expressions and other object descriptions should be maximal under the Local Brevity, No Unnecessary Components, and Lexical Preference preference rules; otherwise, they may lead hearers to infer unwanted conversational implicatures. These preference rules can be incorporated into a polynomial time generation algorithm, while some alternative ...
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Two adequacy conditions on a minimalist account of truth dependence
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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Conversational Implicatures in “The Foreigner” Movie [PDF]
This research discussed about conversational implicatures in “The Foreigner” movie. This research aimed to find out the maxims which are flouted by the characters in “The Foreigner” movie which create conversational implicature and also to determine ...
Prihatini, Yuni Wulandari
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Sentiment Analysis of Conversational Implicature: A Computational Pragmatics Approach
The process of inferring the intention of conversational implicatures involves the interpretation of the speaker’s sentiment. However, the relationship between implicatures and sentiments has not been clear enough, and there is no research explaining the
Xianbo Li, Kunpei Xu
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IMPLICATION OF REMIDING RIDWAN REMIN IN STAND UP COMEDY EVENTS
Implications are a theory maybe the meaning is implied rather than explicit. Studies on these implicatures can be found on every day life as seen in the stand up comedy discourse by Ridwan Remin.
Nazilul _ Masroi
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Conversational Implicature Of Women’s Language By Shin Tanokura In Drama Series Of Oshin
This study aims to describe the conversational implicature of women’s language by Shin Tanokura in the drama series of Oshin. Research-based on a theory of Azuma (2009) for implicature as women’s language and Yule (2006) for conversational implicature ...
Eko Kurniawan, Shofi Mahmudah Budi Utami
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Civilly Disobeying What? On Directness and Relevance in Civil Disobedience
Abstract Recent acts of civil disobedience in protest against politicians' inaction about climate change have often targeted works of art to provoke public opinion on the issue. Such initiatives have attracted criticism from those who object to this form of political dissent.
Federico Zuolo
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This paper analyses Cignetti & di Giuseppe’s “Pragmatic awareness of conversational implicatures and the usefulness of explicit instruction” and discusses whether explicit instruction can improve EFL learners’ understanding of implicit meaning.
Marta Genís Pedra
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