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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...

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.