Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: Implicatures are described as particular forms reasoning from best explanation, in which the paradigm of possible explanations consists of the possible semantic interpretations of a sentence or a word.The need for explanation will be shown to be triggered by conflicts between presumptions, namely hearer's dialogical expectations and the presumptive sentence meaning.What counts as the best explanation can be established on the grounds of hierarchies of presumptions, dependent on dialogue types and interlocutors' culture.
Authors: Fabrizio Macagno, Frank Zenker
Institution: Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1825457161