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English
Etymology
Coined by British philosopher Paul Grice before or in 1967.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
implicature (plural implicatures)
- (pragmatics) An implied meaning that does not semantically entail.
Usage notes
Collocations
- Adjectives often applied to "implicature": scalar, conventional, conversational, generalized, particularized, contextual.
Translations
References
- ^ Earliest known usages in the following, note a foot note specifies that the contents are from a lecture given in 1967: H P Grice (1975) “Logic and Conversation”, in Peter Cole, Jerry L. Morgan, editors, Speech Acts (Syntax and Semantics; 3), New York: Academic Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 41–58
Latin
Participle
implicātūre
- vocative masculine singular of implicātūrus