Helgesson on Grice

Helgesson, Gert
Source:Critica: Revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofia, 34(100), 33-54. 22 p. April 2002.
Document Type:Journal Article
Subjects:IMPLICATION
IMPLICATURE
LANGUAGE
PRAGMATIC
PRESUPPOSITION
Persons as Subjects:ENNIS, R
GRICE, H P
Abstract:This paper briefly surveys previous analyses of implicitness and proposes a new, two-dimensional account. The first dimension concerns whether an assumption follows or not in terms of analytical or contextual implications or because it is a reasonable interpretation. The second dimension concerns the intentions of the author. Both dimensions are needed for identifying implicit assumptions in critical analyses of texts. A definition of clear cases of implicit assumptions is given.