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Encyclopedia > Implicature

Definition

 An implicature is anything that is inferred from an utterance but that is not a condition for the truth of the utterance.

Example (English)

 The expression Some of the boys were at the party implicates in most contexts Not all of the boys were at the party.

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THE MYTH OF CONVENTIONAL IMPLICATURE* (10034 words)
An implicature is different from an entailment or a semantic presupposition, in that it is not necessary for the truth of the sentence.
The conventional implicature (CI-) thesis is that there are certain locutions which do not contribute to what is said and do not affect the truth or falsity of what is said and yet, by virtue of their conventional meanings, generate implicatures.
The propositions are said to be implicatures because their truth value does not affect the truth value of the entire utterance, so that the falsity of such a proposition is compatible with the truth of the entire utterance.
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