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Against Grammatical Computation of Scalar Implicatures [PDF]
Journal of Semantics, 2006 Recently, several authors have argued that Gricean theories of scalar implicature computation are inadequate, and, as an alternative, one author has proposed a grammatical system for computing scalar implicatures. The present paper provides arguments, counter to the'claims of these authors, that Gricean reasoning can account for the implicatures of ...
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Conjoined Comparison and Variation in Degree Semantics
Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 19, Issue 4, July/August 2025.ABSTRACT Conjoined comparisons, consisting of two clauses containing antonymous or positive‐negative predicate pairs, are among the most common comparison construction types in the world's languages. As research on degree constructions from a cross‐linguistic perspective has increased, so too has the number of studies focused on conjoined comparisons ...
M. Ryan Bochnak
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Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 111, Issue 1, Page 173-194, July 2025.Abstract This essay offers an explanation of how assertions express that the speaker has a propositional attitude toward what's asserted. The explanation is that this feature of assertion is owed to a hearer's spontaneous mindreading. I call this the assertoric mindreading hypothesis.
Peter van Elswyk
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 This study evaluates the comprehension of generalized conversational implicatures (GCI) in children with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD), using a GCI test constructed based on the Levinson model, which distinguishes between three types of ...
Gemma Pastor-Cerezuela +4 more
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Pragmatic Considerations in the Interpretation of Denying the Antecedent [PDF]
, 2009 In this paper I am concerned with the analysis of fragments of a discourse or text that express deductive arguments suspected of being denials of the antecedent.
Moldovan, Andrei
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European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 458-474, June 2025.Abstract I argue that “general pejoratives” such as “jerk” or “bastard” differ crucially from items such as “that damn N”. While items such as the latter typically serve to give vent to one's attitudes, general pejoratives essentially involve judgments about a person's behaviour or character.
Thorsten Sander
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How speaker cooperation and knowledge prime scalar implicatures
Language and CognitionPragmatic theories generally agree that the derivation of implicit meaning depends on the assumption that the speaker is cooperative and knowledgeable, as well as the contextual relevance of the implicature.
Anna Teresa Porrini +2 more
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Scalar Implicatures: a Gricean vs. a Relevance Theory Approach [PDF]
, 2017 Griceans have always supported the idea that scalar implicaturesare Quantity-based generalized conversational implicatures (GCI). With the purpose of explaining this phenomenon, they derived their own principles inspired in Grice’s Quantity maxims and ...
Fernández Gaspar, Teresa
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Pragmatica sperimentale: il caso delle implicature scalari
Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio, 2012 It is only in recent times that pragmatics has started to use experimental methods in order to test contrasting theories on communicative phenomena.
Claudia Bianchi
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, 2017 Recent work in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science (e.g., Clark and Chalmers 1998; Clark 2010a; Clark 2010b; Palermos 2014) can help to explain why certain kinds of assertions—made on the basis of information stored in our gadgets rather than in
Carter, J. Adam, Gordon, Emma C.
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