Conversational Implicatures and Cancellability |
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| Authors: | Steffen Borge |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Philosophy, University of Troms?, 9037, Troms?, Norway
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| Abstract: | In this paper I argue against a criticism by Matthew Weiner to Grice’s thesis that cancellability is a necessary condition
for conversational implicature. I argue that the purported counterexamples fail because the supposed failed cancellation in
the cases Weiner presents is not meant as a cancellation but as a reinforcement of the implicature. I moreover point out that
there are special situations in which the supposed cancellation may really work as a cancellation.
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| Keywords: | Conversational implicature Cancellability Matthew Weiner Paul Grice |
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