Recent Posts For Philosophy of Language
Token-Reflexive Deixis
Token-reflexive deixis refers to linguistic expressions that point to themselves or their…
Quantity Implicature: The Art of Saying More by Saying Less
Quantity implicature, a concept in pragmatics, describes how speakers imply more than…
Particularized Implicature
Particularized implicatures are context-dependent meanings inferred beyond literal words. They arise from…
Open Presupposed Proposition
An open presupposed proposition is a statement whose truth value is assumed…
Nondefective Illocutionary Act
A nondefective illocutionary act is a speech act performed correctly and successfully,…
Nonconventional Implicature
Nonconventional implicature refers to meaning that is communicated beyond the literal words…
Interpretation Relation
The interpretation relation defines how one concept or statement is understood or…