How To Derive Conveyed Meanings
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Below I will analyze defensible inferences underlying the interpretation of conversational implicatures and presuppositions; a nonmonotonic onsequence notion will lead from premises including pragmatic generalizations to conclusions about how those sentences are best interpreted..
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