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Implicational (Adjective)

Meaning

Relating to or concerned with logical implication; "implicational language universals".

Classification

Relational adjectives (pertainyms).

Examples

  • The implicational theory of meaning in linguistics holds that a speaker's meaning is inferred from the literal meaning of the sentence.
  • In implicational semantics, the focus is on what is implied by an utterance rather than on what is literally said.
  • Grice's implicational theory of meaning accounts for the gap between what is said and what is meant in a conversation.
  • Implicational reasoning is a type of reasoning in logic that uses implications to arrive at conclusions.
  • In linguistics, implicational language universals are principles that relate to the logical implications of linguistic structure.

Related Words

  • Implication (noun)
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