![]() Levinson examines this class of general pragmatic inferences in detail, showing how they apply to a wide range of linguistic constructions. Some of the indirect information carried by speech is presumed by default because it is carried by general principles, rather than inferred from specific assumptions about intention and context. Levinson outlines a theory of presumptive meanings, or preferred interpretations, governing the use of language, building on the idea of implicature developed by the philosopher H.P. This is the first extended discussion of preferred interpretation in language understanding, integrating much of the best research in linguistic pragmatics from the last two decades. Levinson explains some general processes that underlie presumptions in communication. Levinson When we speak, we mean more than we say. Levinson Presumptive Meanings: The Theory of Generalized Conversational Implicature By Stephen C. 1 Presumptive Meanings: The Theory of Generalized Conversational Implicature By Stephen C. ![]()
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