H. P. Grice's theory of implicature provides the leading paradigm for research in pragmatics. Wayne Davis argues controversially that Gricean theory does not work. In developing his argument the author explains that the psycho-social principles actually define the social function of implicature conventions, which contribute to the satisfaction of those principles. By offering a searching and systematic critique of one of the established doctrines in the philosophy of language, this challenging book will be of particular importance to philosophers of language and linguists, especially those working in pragmatics and socio-linguistics.
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H. P. Grice's theory of implicature provides the leading paradigm for research in pragmatics. Wayne Davis argues controversially that Gricean theory does not work. In developing his argument the author explains that the psycho-social principles actually define the social function of implicature conventions, which contribute to the satisfaction of those principles.By offering a searching and systematic critique of one of the established doctrines in the philosophy of language this challenging book will be of particular importance to philosophers of language and linguists, especially those working in pragmatics and socio-linguistics.
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Grice (1957) drew an important distinction between what a speaker means or implies and what a sentence or other expression means or implies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
implicature conventions, general psychosocial principles, tautology implicatures, cooperative presumption, sentence implicatures, quantity implicatures, observed implicatures, speaker implicature, determinacy requirement, sentence implicates, presumption condition, manner implicatures, mutual knowledge conditions, associated maxims, implicated proposition, same implicature, conversational principles, determinacy condition, sequential interpretation, cooperative principle, implicatures cannot, speaker implicates, station around the corner, conversational implicatures, contextual implications Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Grice's Razor, Generative Assumption, Maxim of Quality, Politeness Principle, Principle of Antecedent Relation, Alpha Centauri, Sufficiency Implication, Compare Grice, Compare Harnish, Hillary Clinton, Maxims of Quantity, Van Kuppevelt, Bill Clinton, Compare Walker, President Clinton, Principle of Style New!
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Grice (1957) drew an important distinction between what a speaker means or implies and what a sentence or other expression means or implies. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
implicature conventions, general psychosocial principles, tautology implicatures, cooperative presumption, sentence implicatures, quantity implicatures, observed implicatures, speaker implicature, determinacy requirement, sentence implicates, presumption condition, manner implicatures, mutual knowledge conditions, associated maxims, implicated proposition, same implicature, conversational principles, determinacy condition, sequential interpretation, cooperative principle, implicatures cannot, speaker implicates, station around the corner, conversational implicatures, contextual implications Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Grice's Razor, Generative Assumption, Maxim of Quality, Politeness Principle, Principle of Antecedent Relation, Alpha Centauri, Sufficiency Implication, Compare Grice, Compare Harnish, Hillary Clinton, Maxims of Quantity, Van Kuppevelt, Bill Clinton, Compare Walker, President Clinton, Principle of Style New!
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- Radical Pragmatics by Peter Cole on 6 pages
- Pragmatics: A Reader by Steven Davis in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Meaning and Interpretation by Charles Travis in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Lexical Semantics (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) by D. A. Cruse in Back Matter
- Semantic Constraints on Relevance by Diane Blakemore in Back Matter
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- Logic, Meaning, and Conversation: Semantical Underdeterminacy, Implicature, and Their Interface by Jay David Atlas in Back Matter
- Contextualisms in Epistemology by Elke Brendel on page 279
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