Philosophy 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Implicature, Pragmatics
30 Oct 2018
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Pragmatics: the field of studying what we really mean by what we say, the study of what language means in a larger context. Extracting a message by violating one of the cooperative laws . Implicature: when the standard meaning of someone"s words does not meet our expectations about how the conversation should proceed (non-standard meaning called a conversational implicature) People will contribute what is required in a context. What we say should meet certain standards according to some basic categories of our understanding (maxims), or expectations of contribution coined by grice. We purposely violate these rules in order to indirectly communicate something else . 4 categories of the cooperation principle: quantity: providing an appropriate amount of info. For understanding (just the right amount) not saying too much or too little. Ex. testifying in court: quality: being truthful. Not saying something that lacks evidence, or you think is false.
