Chapter 87 Scalar implicature as a grammatical phenomenon

This article develops various arguments for the view that scalar implicatures should be de-rived within grammar and not by a theory of language use (pragmatics). We focus primarily on arguments that scalar implicatures can be computed in embedded positions, a conclusion incompatible with existing pr...

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Main Author: Chierchia, Gennaro (auth)
Other Authors: Fox, Danny (auth), Spector, Benjamin (auth), Maienborn, Claudia (Editor), von Heusinger, Klaus (Editor), Portner, Paul (Editor)
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Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2012
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