文档介绍：CONTENTS
01
Personal
profile
02
Conversational
implicature
03
Cooperative
Principle
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01
PROFILE
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PROFILE
Herbert Paul Grice (13 March 1913 – 28 August 1988), usually publishing under the name H. P. Grice, H. Paul Grice, or Paul Grice, was a British philosopher of language, whose work on meaning has influenced the philosophical study of semantics. He is known for his theory of implicature.
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PROFILE
Born and raised in Harborne (now a suburb of Birmingham), in the United Kingdom.
He was educated at Clifton College and then at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Teaching at Rossall School.
He went back to Oxford where he taught at St John's College until 1967.
In 1967, he took up a professorship at the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught until his death in 1988.
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02
CONVERSATIONAL
IMPLICATURE
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natural meaning
non-natural meaning
literal meaning
implication
conversational implicature
Most important
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Cancellability(可取消性)
conversational implicature
. "Bill has four books. "

"…and perhaps five or more. "
"Bill has four books and perhaps five or more. "
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Non-detachability(不可分离性)
conversational implicature
A:What did you think of the lecture?
B:Well，I thought the lecture hall was big.
(Not many people are interested in lectures)
thought believed，should say，reckoned
big large，great
.
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Calculability(可推导性)
conversational implicature
Wang junxia is the Oriental magic deer.
.
(Wang junxia is the fastest long-distance runner.)
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Non-conventionality(非规约性)
conversational implicature
close the window
"It's cold here."
the joke is not funny