Definitions For Implicature

Noun

IMPLICATURE (plural IMPLICATUREs) (pragmatics) An implied meaning that does not semantically entail.

Usage notes

Adjectives often applied to "implicature": scalar, conventional, conversational, generalized, particularized, contextual.

Related terms

implicate implication

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 含意, tr=hányì Czech: implikatura, f Dutch: implicatuur, f Finnish: piilomerkitys French: implicature, f German: Implikatur, f Greek: υπονόηση, n Hungarian: implikatúra Japanese: 含意, tr=gan'i Portuguese: implicatura, f Russian: импликатура, f Spanish: implicatura, f Swedish: implikatur, c Thai:

Etymology

before or in 1967.Earliest known usages in the following, note a foot note specifies that the contents are from a lecture given in 1967: