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Meaning-implication and inference-formation in the United States presidential press conferences
Other Title(s)
المعنى الضمني و الاستدلال في المؤتمرات الصحفية لرئيس الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية
Joint Authors
Mahmud, Rauf Karim
Mustafa, Sumayyah Khalid
Source
Issue
Vol. 4, Issue 3 (30 Apr. 2021), pp.48-73, 26 p.
Publisher
Tikrit University College of Education for Women
Publication Date
2021-04-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
26
Main Subjects
Arabic language and Literature
Topics
Abstract EN
The question of how people understand what others aresaying, even when they do not state their intentionsstraightforwardly, has been debated ever since Grice putforward a theory of implicature in 1967 (Thomas, 1995).
Thatis, speakers can implicate more or different meanings via theuse of implicatures.
After Grice's work, there have been anumber of other works on implicatures.
On the other hand, there is some research on how people infer each other'sintentions.
What has not gained attention yet is developingboth implicature and inference into one unified theory; thisissue is dealt with within this paper.
The paper alsoinvestigates how different types of implicatures are producedand how possible inferences are formed in fourteen pressconferences, held for Barack Obama the ex-president of theUnited States of America, as a type of political discourse inwhich language plays a vital role.
Purposes of implicaturegeneration, different models and methods of inferenceformation are also discussed and analyzed.
The paper, which is an extract of an MA thesis entitled (An Investigation ofSyntax-Pragmatics Interface of Implicature and InferenceFormation in the US Presidential Press Conferences), mainlyconcludes that implicature and inference-formation are twosides of the same coin, and forming inferences by thejournalists and the audience for implicatures generated by USex-president, Barack Obama is not necessarily deductive, inductive or abductive alone, but it apparently enjoys The question of how people understand what others aresaying, even when they do not state their intentionsstraightforwardly, has been debated ever since Grice putforward a theory of implicature in 1967 (Thomas, 1995).
Thatis, speakers can implicate more or different meanings via theuse of implicatures.
After Grice's work, there have been anumber of other works on implicatures.
On the other hand, there is some research on how people infer each other'sintentions.
What has not gained attention yet is developingboth implicature and inference into one unified theory; thisissue is dealt with within this paper.
The paper alsoinvestigates how different types of implicatures are producedand how possible inferences are formed in fourteen pressconferences, held for Barack Obama the ex-president of theUnited States of America, as a type of political discourse inwhich language plays a vital role.
Purposes of implicaturegeneration, different models and methods of inferenceformation are also discussed and analyzed.
The paper, which is an extract of an MA thesis entitled (An Investigation ofSyntax-Pragmatics Interface of Implicature and InferenceFormation in the US Presidential Press Conferences), mainlyconcludes that implicature and inference-formation are twosides of the same coin, and forming inferences by thejournalists and the audience for implicatures generated by USex-president, Barack Obama is not necessarily deductive, inductive or abductive alone, but it apparently enjoys all.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mahmud, Rauf Karim& Mustafa, Sumayyah Khalid. 2021. Meaning-implication and inference-formation in the United States presidential press conferences. Journal of Language Studies،Vol. 4, no. 3, pp.48-73.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1358905
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mahmud, Rauf Karim& Mustafa, Sumayyah Khalid. Meaning-implication and inference-formation in the United States presidential press conferences. Journal of Language Studies Vol. 4, no. 3 (Apr. 2021), pp.48-73.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1358905
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mahmud, Rauf Karim& Mustafa, Sumayyah Khalid. Meaning-implication and inference-formation in the United States presidential press conferences. Journal of Language Studies. 2021. Vol. 4, no. 3, pp.48-73.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1358905
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
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BIM-1358905