implicature

implicature

English

Etymology

Coined by British philosopher Paul Grice before or in 1967.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈplɪkət͡ʃə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈplɪkət͡ʃɚ/

Noun

implicature (plural implicatures)

1. (pragmatics) An implied meaning that does not semantically entail.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "implicature": scalar, conventional, conversational, generalized, particularized, contextual.

Related terms

• implicate
• implication

Translations

An implied meaning

Chinese: Mandarin: 含意 (zh) (hányì) Czech: implikatura f Dutch: implicatuur f Finnish: piilomerkitys French: implicature (fr) f German: Implikatur (de) f Greek: υπονόηση n (yponóisi) Hungarian: implikatúra Japanese: 含意 (ja) (gan'i) Portuguese: implicatura f Russian: импликатура (ru) f (implikatura) Spanish: implicatura f Swedish: implikatur (sv) c Thai: please add this translation if you can

References

1. Earliest known usages in the following, note a foot note specifies that the contents are from a lecture given in 1967: H[erbert] P[aul] Grice (1975), “Logic and Conversation”, in Peter Cole; Jerry L. Morgan, editors, Speech Acts (Syntax and Semantics; 3), New York: Academic Press, DOI:10.1163/9789004368811_003, →ISBN, OCLC 8440718565, pages 41–58

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Latin

Participle

implicātūre

1. vocative masculine singular of implicātūrus