M. O'Rourke:
Abstract:
"'The scope argument' (TSA) is an influential argument adduced against Gricean conversational pragmatics. By focusing on certain complex examples that involve embedding sentences of a specific semantic type inside the scope of sentential connectives, TSA aims to demonstrate that Grice cannot retain his semantic commitments and account for the interplay of meanings in communication. This essay argues that TSA fails by underestimating the resources available to the Gricean for dealing with complex examples of this sort, and more importantly, by misrepresenting the nature of Grice's implicature-based account, treating it as if it were a contribution to the psychology of conversation."
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