Definition
An implicature is anything that is inferred from an utterance but that is not a condition for the truth of the utterance.
Examples
(English)
The expression Some of the boys were at the party implicates in most contexts Not all of the boys were at the party.
Kinds
More specific concepts within implicature.
Sources 2
- Gazdar 1979, 49–50
- Levinson 1983, 127