Book contents
- Implicatures
- Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics
- Implicatures
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Part I Theoretical Foundations
- 1 Ordinary Language Philosophy and the Birth of Pragmatics
- 2 Linguistic Theory and Pragmatics
- 3 Relevance Theory and the Broadening of Pragmatics to Explicit Meaning
- Part II Types of Implicature
- Part III Empirical Evidence
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- References
- Index
1 - Ordinary Language Philosophy and the Birth of Pragmatics
from Part I - Theoretical Foundations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 June 2019
Book contents
- Implicatures
- Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics
- Implicatures
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Part I Theoretical Foundations
- 1 Ordinary Language Philosophy and the Birth of Pragmatics
- 2 Linguistic Theory and Pragmatics
- 3 Relevance Theory and the Broadening of Pragmatics to Explicit Meaning
- Part II Types of Implicature
- Part III Empirical Evidence
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter introduces the context in which Grice presented his theory of implicatures, with special reference to speech act theory. It goes on to present Grice’s main contribution to pragmatics, detailing his principle of cooperation and presenting an overview of the different types of implicatures that he defined. Finally, the chapter presents a number of criticisms that have been levelled at his theory.
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- Implicatures , pp. 3 - 21Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019