Sumários
Implicit: irony
12 Maio 2026, 12:30 • Amália Mendes
Irony
Theories proposed for irony instances that are not explained by the flouting of the Maxim of Quality
Theory of Echo: irony and its relation with polyphony
Implicit: inferences - other types of implicit
7 Maio 2026, 12:30 • Amália Mendes
Omission of the agent: passive constructions and nominalisations
Vagueness: indefinites and impersonal constructions
Examples in text excerpts
Irony as a type of implicature
Implicit: inferences; implicatures
5 Maio 2026, 12:30 • Amália Mendes
Inferences vs presuppositions
Conversational implicatures: Cooperation Principle and Conversational maxims
Implicit: presuppositions (cont)
30 Abril 2026, 12:30 • Amália Mendes
The difficulty of challenging presuppositions
Non-prototypical presuppositions
Informative presuppositions and the Accomodation of presuppositions
Presuppositions as the main purpose of the utterance
Implicit: presuppositions
28 Abril 2026, 12:30 • Amália Mendes
Presuppositions as known information vs new information
Linguistic elements triggering presuppositions