COLL-C 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Traffic Ticket, Plausible Deniability, Implicature
4 Mar 2017
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Idiom- parts of phrase/sentence whole; need to know more complex meaning that is not indicated by. Need conversational implicature to convey information without actually saying it (to communicate the phrase. Robot man (takes things literally: request: go to the store and get a gallon of milk. And if they have eggs, get a dozen: response: bought a dozen gallons of milk. Maxim man vs. implicature man (in sot, p. 22: maxim man says exactly what he means- (cid:374)e(cid:448)er flouts (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:374)tio(cid:374)s; (cid:862)if you let (cid:373)e go (cid:449)ithout a ti(cid:272)ket, i"ll pay you (cid:863) I(cid:373)pli(cid:272)ature ma(cid:374) is (cid:373)ore su(cid:271)tle; (cid:862) o (cid:373)ay(cid:271)e the (cid:271)est thi(cid:374)g (cid:449)ould (cid:271)e to take (cid:272)are of that here i(cid:374) Main ideas from sot: games people play. False arrest: saving face- option other than something humiliating; usually use ambiguity, authority ranking- names/titles we call people depend on their authority/standing, plausible deniability.
