word
implicature
im-PLIK-ah-chur
ɪmˈplɪkətʃərListen
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implicature
Dictionary meaning
a meaning conveyed by an utterance beyond its literal truth-conditional content, arising from pragmatic inference; H. P. Grice distinguished conventional implicature (tied to specific words like 'but') from conversational implicature (derived from assuming cooperative maxims of quantity, quality, relation, and manner); implicature explains how speakers routinely communicate more than they literally say
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