Single Idea 22330

[catalogued under 19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use]

Full Idea

The slogan that meaning is use came under scrutiny by Grice's theory of conversational implicature. He said patterns of use shown in analysis were often semantically irrelevant, snce they are due not meanings of expressions but to pragmatic principles.

Gist of Idea

Grice said patterns of use are often semantically irrelevant, because it is a pragmatic matter

Source

report of H. Paul Grice (Some Models for Implicature [1967]) by Hans-Johann Glock - What is Analytic Philosophy? 2.8

Book Reference

Glock,Han-Johann: 'What is Analytic Philosophy?' [CUP 2008], p.54


A Reaction

I think the simplest objection is that words only have use because they have a meaning; The most interesting part of pragmatics is what you DON'T say in conversation.