[lit-ideas] Re: A textbook definition of a griceist comment

  • From: Paul Stone <pastone@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 11:24:25 -0400

You MIGHT say that!

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On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 10:32 AM, Luigi Speranza <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

wrote:



On Jun 8, 2016, at 10:11 AM, Paul Stone <pastone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I would suggest that if you pair 'Grice' and 'ist' like that, and use it
in THAT sentence (the NYT QOTD), in such a context, then you have actually
said the opposite of what you mean.

Is that what a griceist would call a disimplicature?

Cheers

Speranza

References

McEvoy, "Griceism: a textbook." Section: 'griceist
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