●Chapter One Introduction
●1.1 Preliminary remarks
●1.2 Defining scalar implicature
●1.3 Imperfections of Grice's theory on scalar implicatttre
●1.3.1 Grice's theory of conversational implicature
●1.3.2 Limitations of Grice's theory of conversational implicature
●1.4 Major concerns of the present study
●Chapter Two Scalar implicature: Its current issues and debates
●2.1 Approaches to scalar implicature in post-Gricean theories
●2.1.1 Scalar implicature in neo-Gricean theories
●2.1.2 Scalar implicature in relevance theory
●2.1.3 Scalar implicature in other post-Gricean accounts
●2.2 Scalar implicature:Its controversies in interpretation models
●2.3 Questioning the previous study on scalar implicature
●2.3.1 The defining problems of scalar sets
●2.3.2 The defining problems of the attributes of scalar implicature
●2.3.3 The problems of the previous models
●2.4 The feasibility of interpreting scalar implicature as the system-based default meaning
●Chapter Three Scalar implicature as the system-based meaning
●3.1 Introduction......
內容簡介
本書用索緒爾的繫統思想解釋級差含義問題，認為級差含義是建立在聽者的常規推理基礎上的無意識、自動的推理。本書由七部分組成：簡介、當前有關級差含義的問題和爭論、有關級差含義闡釋模型的爭議、級差含義是一種以繫統為基礎的意義、級差含義和繫統-符號關繫、級差含義和符號-符號關繫、級差含義和常規語言繫統、結論。
