A central challenge for all theories of conversational implicature (Grice, 1957, 1975) is characterizing the fundamental tension between Quantity (Q) implicature, in which utterance meaning is refined through exclusion of the meanings of alternative utterances, and Informativeness (I ) implicature, in which utterance meaning is refined by strengthening to the prototypical case (Atlas & Levinson...

A model to examine the choice by jurisdiction whether to finance roads with taxes or tolls is developed. Key factors posited to explain the choice include the length of trips using the roads, the size of the governing jurisdiction, the elasticity of demand to revenue instruments, and the transactions costs of collection which dictate the size and scope of the free rider problem associated with ...

We present first results of our project on the generation of contextually adequate greeting exchanges in video role playing games. To make greeting exchanges computable, an analysis of the factors influencing greeting behavior as well as the factors influencing greeting exchanges is given. Based on the politeness model proposed by Brown & Levinson (1987) we develop a simple algorithm for the ge...

<p class="abstrak">The science of speech and context is known as pragmatics. Politeness strategy one many linguistic concerns covered in this study. There are four categories politeness the research on polite discourse that Brown Levinson pioneered. Being seeks to lessen uncomfortable or unwelcome reactions. Culture can be related through research. The Minangkabau people believe use "Kato...

Let f(z) be any transcendental entire function. Let r, denote the absolute value of the zero z. of f '(z) which is nearest to the origin. Alander, Erdö's and Renyi, and Polya have investigated the relation between r, and the growth of the function /(z). Let s, denote the ... fz largest disk about the origin where / (z) is univalent. Boas, Levinson, and Polya have obtained some relations between...

This paper investigates the problem of financing infrastructure over time when the number of users also changes. The problem is confronted in many fast growing communities desiring to coordinate the timing of infrastructure and development, yet still achieve economies of scale where they exist. The temporal free rider problem is defined; whereby the group that finances the construction at a giv...

Introduction. Since the publication of Levinson's results concerning the first boundary value problem for eAu+A(x,y)ux+B(x,y)uy + C(x, y)u = D(x, y) [6], there have been a number of other papers dealing with related two-dimensional problems [l; 3; 7]. More recently a paper by O. A. Ladyjzenskaya has appeared in which an ra-dimensional extension of the original problem is discussed [4].2 It is f...