Gricean

Etc. Canons of construction actually line up quite nicely with the Gricean maxims, and may get more oomph by showing that they have a basis in reality.

Archive 2009-01-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

Well, it really was a matter of violating various Gricean maxims to pragmatically imply what they did.

Matthew Yglesias » We’re Getting Intel From Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Because, not Despite, Handling Him Through the Criminal Justice System 2010

Among many others, I would highlight the (Gricean?) virtue of not implying false or useless information, such as that the press agent is male, or that press agents are male by default.

Why do so many people hate gender-neutral words? (Oh, s—!) « Motivated Grammar 2010

Searle's classic dispute, between which I am trying to float a Gricean theory of meaning between, see

Notes on 'Post-Secular Conviviality' 2008

It's a rather flagrant breach of the Gricean Maxims, I'd say.

A Fine Argument Against Gay Marriage 2010

Hel, you know, the reason we all love you is that nobody else would have taken this quote and seen it as a flagrant breach of the Gricean Maxims!

A Fine Argument Against Gay Marriage 2010

Partly this describes a theory of meaning, a Gricean one perhaps, in which, as he describes it in a famous paper of 1957, natural and non-natural senses of propositions co-exist.

Post-Secular Conviviality 2008

Gricean pragmatics, and concepts pertaining to speech acts.

Saving Prostitutes in Sevilla 2009

The Gricean thought experiments suggest that simply having an experience that matches your surrounding environment will not, in itself, be sufficient for seeing objects in your environment.

Petty Injuries 2009

(So note that according to Snowdon, an assertion of the disjunctive theory is not actually needed for a rejection of the Gricean argument for the CTP.)

Petty Injuries 2009