[The Grice Club] Wear Green: The Implicatures

[J. L. Speranza, Esq.]

Speranza

Echoes from St. Patrick's Day.

 

A cartoon strip of DUSTIN:

 

Girl: OUCH!

Dustin: I pinched you because you're not wearing green.

Girl: Hello, my dress is green!

Dustin: No, it isn't -- it's red.

Girl: It's made of locally sourced, hand-woven, organic cotton.

 

Grice used to play with this. He would ask children:

 

Can a sweater be green and red all over?

 

It can!

 

Surely, there is a _sense_ of 'green' and an implicature of 'green' -- or not.

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Posted By J. L. Speranza, Esq. to The Grice Club at 3/24/2014 12:06:00 PM

[J. L. Speranza, Esq.]