Definition
Conversational implicature is a nonconventional implicature based on an addressee’s assumption that the speaker is following the conversational maxims or at least the cooperative principle.
Kinds
More specific concepts within conversational implicature.
Sources 3
- Levinson 1983, 101–104, 113–114
- Grice 1975, 45–46, 49–50
- Crystal 1985, 153