Affiliation:
1. Shandong University
2. Zhejiang Gongshang University
Abstract
Abstract
Scalar implicature is a very interesting topic in linguistic pragmatics. This study is intended to argue that,
based on the Cognitive Grammar paradigm, scalar implicature is contextually activated by schematic networks. From a hierarchical
perspective, those linguistic units sharing the same schema can be compared; from a horizontal perspective, these units are
distributed from the stronger to the weaker in terms of semantic inclusion. The encyclopedic nature of context determines that
using a weaker lexical item to implicate the denial of a stronger statement has become a cognitive routine which is presumed to be
shared by the speaker and hearer. The study concludes that scalar implicature lies in between semantics and pragmatics.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Subject
Linguistics and Language,Language and Linguistics