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Hungerland, Isabel C. 1960. Contextual implication. Inquiry 4 : 211–258.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English

Annotation

H. rejects the inductive interpretation of the paradigm of contextual implication (to say 'p' is to imply that one believes that p), and proposes an alternative model according to which a speaker, in making a statement, contextually implies whatever one is entitled to infer on the basis of the presumption that his act of stating is normal. Thus contextual implication depends on a given context, presumptions of normality, and rules for the correct use of expressions.