[lit-ideas] Grice and Geary: The Typo Implicature
- From: "Luigi Speranza" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "jlsperanza" for DMARC)
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 10:57:20 -0400
On Jul 6, 2016, at 10:30 AM, Mike Geary <jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Not only is it my Malvina Reynolds it's also by Malvina Reynolds -- the song
"Little Boxes".
On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Mike Geary <jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
No, Carol. Little Boxes is my Malvina Reynolds
Had the previous exchange between Carol and Geary been in a naturally occurring
face to face conversation, it would have been odd.
In its written counterpart, Geary's meant 'by' became 'my'.
If you disimplicate that, as Geary does in
i. Not only is it MY Malvina but BY Malvina.
Similarly, the Ninth Symphony is my Beethoven and by Beethoven.
Cheers
Speranza
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