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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Grice, Philosopher

This should be easy enough to learn!

But No!

S. R. Chapman titles, with apologies, her paperback with Palgrave: "Grice: philosopher and linguist", to attract a wider audience.

The Bartlett online dictionary defines Grice as a "British logician".

And, to top it all, the OED3, which due to my efforts, has now included "implicature" -- vide online files for ADS-L -- has him as a British "linguist"!

One may just as well go with the anonymous obituarist in the Times and stick with him being an "amateur cricketer" -- except that I hate "amateur". It only makes sense when contrasting with "pros", which, in cricket, don´t count.

(Oddly, the most famous pro cricketer in England is Grace).

JLS

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