LING 3P94 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Implicature
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Associated with specific words with additional meanings when used. Doesn"t have to be in conversation! not based on cp/maxims. Not depend on special context for interpretation implicature attached to a particular expression as part of its agreed meaning (outside of context) And; p + q or p + q + temporal sequence. Yet; ~p + situation expect to change to opposite p to be true later. Still; p continue up to time of utterance. Generalized conversational implicature inferable without reference to context and associated with certain expressions. No special knowledge of context is needed to calculate implicature involves maxim of quantity. Example, some implies not most or all. S selects most informative (quantity) & truthful (quality) quantifier on the scale in context. Selected quantifier implicates negative of all those higher on the scale. Needs special knowledge of particular context to calculate implicature.
