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Is Metalinguistic Usage a Conversational Implicature?

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I argue against the view that metalinguistic usage is a form of conversational implicature. That view, suggested by Thomasson (Anal Philos 57(4):1-28, 2016) and Belleri (Philos Stud 174(9):2211–2226, 2017), has been most recently fleshed out by Mankowitz (Synthese 199:5603–5622, 2021). I provide two types of criticism to the implicature view. From an empirical point of view, metalinguistic usage differs in key respects from standard cases of conversational implicature. From a conceptual standpoint, I argue that the calculation algorithm provided by the implicature view makes undesirable predictions. Although my main objective is negative, I end the paper by sketching an alternative neo-Stalnakerian view of metalinguistic usage, that can be gathered from work by Barker (Linguist Philos 25(1):1–36, 2002; Inquiry 56(2–3):240–257, 2013) and others.

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-023-09944-z

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Semàntica (Filosofia), Filosofia analítica, Consciència lingüística

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Semantics (Philosophy), Analysis (Philosophy), Language awareness

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SORIA-RUIZ, Andrés. Is Metalinguistic Usage a Conversational Implicature?. Topoi. An International Review of Philosophy. 2023. Vol. 42, num. 4, pags. 1027-1038. ISSN 0167-7411. [consulted: 11 of October of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/217264

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