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Implicature

Intention, Convention, and Principle in the Failure of Gricean Theory

by Wayne A. Davis

  • Paperback
  • 216 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.3 cm

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For philosophers and linguists exploring language theory

Questions the reliability of Gricean implicature theory

You will gain fresh insights into language and meaning

This book challenges the established views on Gricean theory in language philosophy.

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H. P. Grice virtually discovered the phenomenon of implicature (to denote the implications of an utterance that are not strictly implied by its content). Gricean theory claims that conversational implicatures can be explained and predicted using general psycho-social principles. This theory has established itself as one of the orthodoxes in the philosophy of language. Wayne Davis argues controversially that Gricean theory does not work. He shows that any principle-based theory understates both the intentionality of what a speaker implicates and the conventionality of what a sentence implicates. 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. This challenging book will be of importance to philosophers of language and linguists, especially those working in pragmatics and sociolinguistics.
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  • Author

    Wayne A. Davis

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    June 2007

  • Weight

    282g

  • Page Count

    216

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521038065

  • ISBN-10

    0521038065

  • Eden Code

    4574618

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