Our sample implicature is said to be conversational. From Wordnik.com. [Implicature] Reference
The implicature is not conventional in Grice's sense. From Wordnik.com. [Implicature] Reference
D. (1978) Conversational implicature and the lexicon. From Wordnik.com. [Implicature] Reference
How could an implicature be generated under such conditions?. From Wordnik.com. [Propositional Attitude Reports] Reference
This does not seem to be an indirect speech act or implicature. From Wordnik.com. [Him] Reference
This morning begins with a series of talks on scalar implicature. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
Grice thus used “non-detachability” as a test of implicature. From Wordnik.com. [Implicature] Reference
H. Paul Grice (1975, 1989) developed a general theory of implicature. From Wordnik.com. [Him] Reference
In this respect assertion is contrasted with presupposition and implicature. From Wordnik.com. [Him] Reference
Both take this as evidence that calculating an implicature is an effortful process. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
Cole, P. (1975) The synchronic and diachronic status of conversational implicature. From Wordnik.com. [Implicature] Reference
The study of implicature (conventional or unconventional) is included in pragmatics. From Wordnik.com. [Implicature] Reference
An implicature is something meant, implied, or suggested distinct from what is said. From Wordnik.com. [Implicature] Reference
According to Morgan and Horn, this meant information is a conversational implicature. From Wordnik.com. [Propositional Attitude Reports] Reference
˜Short-circuited implicature: A negative contribution™ Linguistics and Philosophy 7. From Wordnik.com. [Propositional Attitude Reports] Reference
Logical concepts tend not to be lexicalized if they are commonly conveyed by implicature. From Wordnik.com. [Implicature] Reference
Many important implicature conventions associate implicatures with sentences of any form. From Wordnik.com. [Implicature] Reference
Many other differences in implicature are difficult to explain in terms of Gricean theory. From Wordnik.com. [Implicature] Reference
The existence of an applicable implicature convention would be especially powerful evidence. From Wordnik.com. [Implicature] Reference
Even the intention to observe the Cooperative Principle does little to explain an implicature. From Wordnik.com. [Implicature] Reference
The study of the origin of implicature conventions falls in the domain of historical linguistics. From Wordnik.com. [Implicature] Reference
Grice's treatment of conversational implicature illustrates the breadth and power of this approach. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Grice] Reference
In fact, Searle's 1979b account of indirect speech acts was in terms of conversational implicature. From Wordnik.com. [Saving Prostitutes in Sevilla] Reference
First, it appears that there an implicature, in asking for an explanation of X, that X is unexpected. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference
H.P. Grice, the father of implicature, offered a very compelling theory of conversational implicatures. From Wordnik.com. [Propositional Attitude Reports] Reference
Grice's treatment of conversational implicature also illustrates the breadth and power of this approach. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Grice] Reference
Whereas (2a) cannot be used without implicating (2b), the indicated implicature of (3a) can be canceled. From Wordnik.com. [Implicature] Reference
The category of implicature refers to what the speaker suggests, implies or communicates beyond what she says. From Wordnik.com. [Pragmatics] Reference
Thomason, R. (1990) ˜Accommodation, meaning and implicature: interdisciplinary foundations for pragmatics™. From Wordnik.com. [Saving Prostitutes in Sevilla] Reference
Searle too thinks that they work by means of an inferential mechanism, including that of conventional implicature. From Wordnik.com. [Him] Reference
This site is devoted to some main themes of research stemming from Grices 'work on speaker meaning and implicature. From Wordnik.com. [Saving Prostitutes in Sevilla] Reference
A language is defined by first-order lexical and syntactic conventions, not by second-order implicature conventions. From Wordnik.com. [Implicature] Reference
If Elwood says, "I can't reach the salt," this has the implicature that he would appreciate someone passing it to him. From Wordnik.com. [Pragmatics] Reference
Hence, there was never the necessary past use as a standard conversational implicature that can then get standardized. From Wordnik.com. [Propositional Attitude Reports] Reference
For nearly every implicature that appears to be correctly predicted by Gricean theory, others appear to be falsely predicted. From Wordnik.com. [Implicature] Reference
Thus the fact that people sometimes use “Some S are P” without the usual implicature is compatible with it being conventional. From Wordnik.com. [Implicature] Reference
(Grice 1967a/1989, 37) The above example of conversational implicature is, then, a case of particularized conversational implicature. From Wordnik.com. [Pragmatics] Reference
Conversational implicature, too, depends both upon communicative intentions and the availability of inference to the best explanation. From Wordnik.com. [Saving Prostitutes in Sevilla] Reference
These two words sound like implicature - a new word for the ancient practice of implying or suggesting something more than what it said. From Wordnik.com. [John Tepper Marlin: Brand Expert Scores Obama v. McCain 7 Ways] Reference
Or the context itself may cancel the implicature, as when it is obvious to all that the speaker is deliberately engaging in understatement. From Wordnik.com. [Implicature] Reference
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