Implicature: Intention, Convention, and Principle in the Failure of Gricean Theory

by Wayne A. Davis

Book Overview

H. P. Grice's theory of implicature provides the leading paradigm for research in pragmatics. Wayne Davis argues controversially that Gricean theory does not work. 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. By offering a searching and systematic critique of one of the established doctrines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521038065
• ISBN13: 9780521038065
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"