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Presumptive Meanings - The Theory of Generalized Conversational Implicature (Paperback, New)
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Presumptive Meanings - The Theory of Generalized Conversational Implicature (Paperback, New)
Series: Presumptive Meanings
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This is the first extended discussion of preferred interpretation
in language understanding, integrating much of the best research in
linguistic pragmatics from the last two decades. When we speak, we
mean more than we say. In this book Stephen C. Levinson explains
some general processes that underlie presumptions in communication.
This is the first extended discussion of preferred interpretation
in language understanding, integrating much of the best research in
linguistic pragmatics from the last two decades. Levinson outlines
a theory of presumptive meanings, or preferred interpretations,
governing the use of language, building on the idea of implicature
developed by the philosopher H.P. Grice. Some of the indirect
information carried by speech is presumed by default because it is
carried by general principles, rather than inferred from specific
assumptions about intention and context. Levinson examines this
class of general pragmatic inferences in detail, showing how they
apply to a wide range of linguistic constructions. This approach
has radical consequences for how we think about language and
communication.
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