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conventional implicature: a standalone construct

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Pragmatics

meaning that is part of the conventional content of words but is not at issue and does not affect the main truth conditions, as with appositives and expressives.

In pragmatics, conventional implicature refers to meaning that is part of the conventional content of words but is not at issue and does not affect the main truth conditions, as with appositives and expressives. This meaning comes from Potts (2004) in The Logic of Conventional Implicatures.[1]

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affect4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, several feeling constructsimplicature1 fields · 3 citationsanchor · a standalone constructtruth3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

  1. Potts, C. (2004). The Logic of Conventional Implicatures. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199273829.001.0001

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