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Implicating without intentions

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Building on Geurts (2019) programmatic proposal, this paper develops a commitment-based model of Scalar Implicatures (SIs) that shifts the explanatory focus from speaker intentions and mental states to the dynamics between private commitments and their social expression. The model accounts for both standard scalar inferences and cases in which speakers’ private stances remain partially opaque, offering a socially grounded alternative to intention-based accounts, with broad implications for the analysis of SIs across speech acts and the explanation of cross-cultural variation.

Source: Glossa a journal of general linguistics

DOI: 10.16995/glossa.26704

Author: Paul Marty

Institution: Centro de Linguística

Language: English

Topic: Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Subfield: Language and Linguistics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $551

OpenAlex ID: W7167931461

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