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Scalar alternative activation for implicature processing: a lexical decision study with antonyms and negation

open access: yesLanguage and Cognition
Scalar words such as warm may give rise to inferences such as warm but not hot. Under standard accounts, such scalar implicatures are derived by negating stronger alternatives.
Radim Lacina   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Conversational Implicature Analysis in Oscar Wilde's Short Story “Happy Prince” [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The title of this paper is a conversational implicature analysis on Oscar Wilde's “Happy Prince”. In this paper, the writer discusses conversational implicature in one of Oscar Wilde's short stories entitled “Happy Prince”.
Risdianto, F. (Faizal)
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Experimenting with every American king. [PDF]

open access: yesNat Lang Semant, 2023
Mankowitz P.
europepmc   +1 more source

An Implicature Analysis On “Oh, Brother!” Comic Strip Serials [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This study focuses on analyzing comic using theory of implicature and cooperative principles proposed by Grice. This study aims to (1) describe the implicatures to occur in the “Oh, Brother!” comic strip serials, (2) describe the Non observant-maxims in
, Dra. Malikatul Laela, M. Hum.   +2 more
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Children's acquiescence to polysemous implicature questions about coaching: The role of parental support. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Appl Dev Psychol, 2022
Wylie BE   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Distinctions between primary and secondary scalar implicatures

open access: bronze, 2019
Anouk Dieuleveut   +2 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Meaning, Purpose, and Cause in the Law of Deception [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Laws designed to affect the flow of information take many forms: rules against misrepresentation, disclosure requirements, secrecy requirements, rules governing the formatting or packaging of information, and interpretive rules designed to give people ...
Klass, Gregory
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Topicality and (Non-)Specificity in Mandarin [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Current analyses of specificity are unable to provide an explanatory account for why specific and nonspecific uses of indefinites are available. While Abusch (1994), Reinhart (1997), and Kratzer (1998) provide successful mechanisms for deriving specific ...
Portner, Paul
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