implicature

English

Etymology

Coined by British philosopher Paul Grice before or in 1967.[1]

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈplɪkət͡ʃə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈplɪkət͡ʃɚ/

Noun

implicature (plural implicatures)

(pragmatics) An implied meaning that does not semantically entail.

Usage notes

Collocations

Adjectives often applied to "implicature": scalar, conventional, conversational, generalized, particularized, contextual.

Related terms

Translations

An implied meaning

Chinese:
Mandarin: 含意 (zh) (hányì)
Czech: implikatura f
Dutch: implicatuur f
Finnish: piilomerkitys
French: implicature (fr) f
German: Implikatur (de) f
Greek: υπονόηση n (yponóisi)
Hungarian: implikatúra
Japanese: 含意 (ja) (gan'i)
Portuguese: implicatura f
Russian: импликатура (ru) f (implikatura)
Spanish: implicatura f
Swedish: implikatur (sv) c
Thai: please add this translation if you can

References

Earliest known usages in the following, note a foot note specifies that the contents are from a lecture given in 1967: H[erbert] P[aul] Grice (1975) “Logic and Conversation”, in Peter Cole, Jerry L. Morgan, editors, Speech Acts (Syntax and Semantics; 3), New York: Academic Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 41–58

Latin

Participle

implicātūre

vocative masculine singular of implicātūrus

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