Abstract According to Grice’s analysis, conversational implicatures are carried by the saying of what is said (Grice 1989: 39). In this paper, it argued that, whenever a speaker implicates content flouting one or several maxims, her implicature not only act and way it, but also non-saying should have been according would normal say in that particular context. Implicatures arise without maxim vi...

BACKGROUND An estimated 1 in 3 American adults will have diabetes by the year 2050. Nationally, South Carolina ranks 10th in cases of diagnosed diabetes compared to other states. In adults, type 2 diabetes (T2DM) accounts for approximately 90-95% of all diagnosed cases of diabetes. Clinically, provider and health system factors account for < 10% of the variance in major diabetes outcomes includ...

An element w in the free group on r letters defines a map fw,G: G r → G for each group G. In this note, we show that whenever w 6= 1 and G is a semisimple algebraic group, fw,G is dominant. As an application, we show that for fixed w and Γi a sequence of pairwise non-isomorphic finite simple groups, lim i→∞ log |Γi| log |f w,Γi (Γ r i )| = 1. Let Fr be the free group on r generators x1, . . . ,...

Hiccups are common, typically limited, and rarely present with adverse complications. In the context of persistent or intractable episodes, however, hiccups may signal a more serious underlying cause. Here, we present an unexpected and pathologic case of hiccups in a patient who was ultimately diagnosed with renal abscesses.