{"product_id":"implicature-intention-convention-and-principle-in-the-failure-of-gricean-theory-hardback-9780521623193","title":"Implicature; Intention, Convention, and Principle in the Failure of Gricean Theory (Hardback) 9780521623193","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eImplicature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIntention, Convention, and Principle in the Failure of Gricean Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA systematic critique of the Gricean theory of implicature, an established doctrine in the philosophy of language.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWayne A. Davis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521623193, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 September 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 14.5 x 1.6 cm, 0.402 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Implicature remains a stimulating and ambitious book which criticises Gricean pragmatics in a cogent and challenging way.' Cercles\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eH. 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Concept and Theory: 1. The concept of implicature\u003cbr\u003e 2. Theoretical importance\u003cbr\u003e 3. Gricean theory\u003cbr\u003e 4. Grice's razor\u003cbr\u003e 5. Sufficiency\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Differentiation: 6. Quantity implicatures\u003cbr\u003e 7. Tautology implicatures\u003cbr\u003e 8. Conjunction implicatures\u003cbr\u003e 9. Idioms\u003cbr\u003e 10. Non-Gricean speech\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Determinacy and Calculability: 11. Background constraints\u003cbr\u003e 12. The meaning constraint problem\u003cbr\u003e 13. The rhetorical figure problem\u003cbr\u003e 14. 'Indeterminate' implicatures\u003cbr\u003e 15. Relevance implicatures\u003cbr\u003e 16. Close-but implicatures\u003cbr\u003e 17. Quantity implicatures: the possibility of ignorance\u003cbr\u003e 18. Quantity implicatures: other possibilities\u003cbr\u003e 19. Tautology implicatures\u003cbr\u003e 20. Conjunction implicatures\u003cbr\u003e 21. Conflicting principles\u003cbr\u003e 22. 'Relevance' theory\u003cbr\u003e 23. Modal implicatures\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Presumption and Mutual Knowledge: 24. The cooperative presumption condition\u003cbr\u003e 25. The presumption of relevance\u003cbr\u003e 26. Mutual knowledge\u003cbr\u003e 27. Meaning versus communication\u003cbr\u003e 28. Implicature and inference\u003cbr\u003e 29. The recognition of implicature\u003cbr\u003e Part V. The Existence of Implicature Conventions: 30. Conventions\u003cbr\u003e 31. Quantity implicatures\u003cbr\u003e 32. Tautology implicatures\u003cbr\u003e 33. Conjunction implicatures\u003cbr\u003e 34. Disjunction implicatures\u003cbr\u003e 35. Modal implicatures\u003cbr\u003e 36. Figures of speech\u003cbr\u003e 37. Relevance implicatures\u003cbr\u003e 38. Close-but implicatures\u003cbr\u003e 39. Manner implicatures\u003cbr\u003e 40. Interrogative and imperative implicatures\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. The Nature of Implicature Conventions: 41. First-order versus second-order semantic conventions\u003cbr\u003e 42. Idioms\u003cbr\u003e 43. Indirect speech-act conventions\u003cbr\u003e 44. The role of conversational principles\u003cbr\u003e 45. The principle of antecedent relation\u003cbr\u003e 46. The universality of implicature conventions\u003cbr\u003e 47. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy of language [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of language\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20language%20%5BCFA%5D%22\"\u003eCFA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46129291788568,"sku":"9780521623193","price":95.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521623193.gif?v=1691666567","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/implicature-intention-convention-and-principle-in-the-failure-of-gricean-theory-hardback-9780521623193","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}