{"title":"Scalar implicature","authors":"Yanfei Zhang, Nina Liang, Shaojie Zhang","doi":"10.1075/ps.22090.zha","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n Scalar implicature is a very interesting topic in linguistic pragmatics. This study is intended to argue that,\n based on the Cognitive Grammar paradigm, scalar implicature is contextually activated by schematic networks. From a hierarchical\n perspective, those linguistic units sharing the same schema can be compared; from a horizontal perspective, these units are\n distributed from the stronger to the weaker in terms of semantic inclusion. The encyclopedic nature of context determines that\n using a weaker lexical item to implicate the denial of a stronger statement has become a cognitive routine which is presumed to be\n shared by the speaker and hearer. The study concludes that scalar implicature lies in between semantics and pragmatics.","PeriodicalId":44036,"journal":{"name":"Pragmatics and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pragmatics and Society","FirstCategoryId":"98","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1075/ps.22090.zha","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"N/A","JCRName":"LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Scalar implicature is a very interesting topic in linguistic pragmatics. This study is intended to argue that,
based on the Cognitive Grammar paradigm, scalar implicature is contextually activated by schematic networks. From a hierarchical
perspective, those linguistic units sharing the same schema can be compared; from a horizontal perspective, these units are
distributed from the stronger to the weaker in terms of semantic inclusion. The encyclopedic nature of context determines that
using a weaker lexical item to implicate the denial of a stronger statement has become a cognitive routine which is presumed to be
shared by the speaker and hearer. The study concludes that scalar implicature lies in between semantics and pragmatics.