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Publication details [#27884]

Green, Mitchell S. 1995. Quantity, volubility, and some varieties of discourse. Linguistics and Philosophy 18 (1) : 83–112.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conversational implicature | maxim of conversation | quantification

Place, Publisher

Kluwer

ISBN

0165-0157

Journal WWW

www.kluweronline.com/

Annotation

This paper argues that, contrary to a popular line of explanation, Grice's quantity maxims do not enjoin speakers to make the strongest claim they can, whilst respecting the other conversational maxims.