Into the Conventional-Implicature Dimension

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4079720
AutoresChristopher Potts (0000-0002-7978-6055, South College, autor correspondente)
Ano2007
Volume2
Fascículo4
Páginas665-679
Data de publicação2007-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPhilosophy Compass (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1747-9991.2007.00089.x
OpenAlexW2146818300
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas28
Referências citadas33

Grice coined the term 'conventional implicature' in a short passage in 'Logic and Conversation'. The description is intuitive and deeply intriguing. The range of phenomena that have since been assigned this label is large and diverse. I survey the central factual motivation, arguing that it is loosely unified by the idea that conventional implicatures contribute a separate dimension of meaning. I provide tests for distinguishing conventional implicatures from other kinds of meaning, and I briefly explore ways in which one can incorporate multiple dimensions of meaning into a single theory

Implicature · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · linguistics and terminology studies · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation