H. P. Grice virtually discovered the phenomenon of implicature (to
denote the implications of an utterance that are not strictly
implied by its content). Gricean theory claims that conversational
implicatures can be explained and predicted using general
psycho-social principles. This theory has established itself as one
of the orthodoxes in the philosophy of language. Wayne Davis argues
controversially that Gricean theory does not work. He shows that
any principle-based theory understates both the intentionality of
what a speaker implicates and the conventionality of what a
sentence implicates. In developing his argument the author explains
that the psycho-social principles actually define the social
function of implicature conventions, which contribute to the
satisfaction of those principles. This challenging book will be of
importance to philosophers of language and linguists, especially
those working in pragmatics and sociolinguistics.
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