implicature

English - Turkish

Definition of implicature in English Turkish dictionary

(Dilbilim) İmâ, imâ edilen şey

English - English

Definition of implicature in English English dictionary

An implied meaning that is not expressed directly

(Dilbilim) Implicature is a technical term in the linguistic branch of pragmatics coined by Paul Grice. It describes the relationship between two statements where the truth of one suggests the truth of the other, but—distinguishing implicature from entailment—does not require it. For example, the sentence "Mary had a baby and got married" strongly suggests that Mary had the baby before the wedding, but the sentence would still be strictly true if Mary had her baby after she got married. Further, if we add the qualification "— not necessarily in that order" to the original sentence, then the implicature is cancelled even though the meaning of the original sentence is not altered

{i} something that is implied by a speaker expressing a sentence beyond the literal sense of what is explicitly stated (for example: saying the dress is very nice and implying that I don't really like the design of it)

Etymology

() Coined by Paul Grice.