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Publication details [#52412]

Carston, Robyn. 2009. The Explicit/Implicit Distinction in Pragmatics and the Limits of Explicit Communication. International Review of Pragmatics 1 (1) : 35–62.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

explicitness | implicature | pragmatics | relevance theory | speaker meaning

Place, Publisher

Brill

Annotation

This critical survey argues that the explicit/implicit distinction in linguistic pragmatics rather concerns a division within speaker meaning than equalling a semantics-pragmatics distinction. It then focuses on the explicature/implicature distinction in Relevance Theory.