On The Contemporary Theory Of Conversational Implicature

As an important daily linguist of Oxford School,Grice’s(Herbert Paul Grice)most influential contribution in linguistics is the establishment of the theory of conversational meaning.Starting from Grice’s conversational implicature theory proposed,the theory has aroused the warm attention of scholars at home and abroad.Horn,Levinson and other famous scholars supplemented and perfected the theory based on the original theory,forming neo-Gricean theory of conversational implicature.With the development of linguistics,the study of the theory of conversational implicature has evolved from the philosophy of language to cognitive science.Judging from the current situation,most of the researches on conversational implicature are focused on linguistic philosophy,lack of the subject of the psychological state and psychological process to explore and ask.In view of this situation.,some philosophers try to relate thought to language,and with the help of Sipabo and Wilson’s relevance principles,changed the focus from philosophy of language to cognitive science,in order to make up the insufficient of the theory of conversational implicature which was short of researching cognitive subject.Research on conversational implicature from the perspective of cognitive science,in order to reveal the relation between philosophy of language and cognitive science,language and though.This represents the development trend of conversational implicature theory of contemporary.The study of this angle can help people to better identify and capture the speaker’s implication,which contributes to the enhancement of the effectiveness of daily verbal communication.It is not only reasonable but also significant to discuss the meaning of conversation from the perspective of cognitive science.On the one hand,qualia provides a generating mechanism for explaining rapid pragmatic reasoning.The concept of dependency explains the reasons for the uncertainty of conversational implicature.Gestalt psycholoy provides psychological derivation mechanism for exploring the theory of conversational implicature.On the other hand,through the success interpretation of the theory of conversational implicature by cognitive science,people can turn the focus of cognitive science into other language phenomenon.This provides a new train of thought for the research of philosophy of language.At the same time,the research of theory of conversational implicature through the perspective of cognitive science,has made the demonstration for the research of cognitive direction of philosophy of language.In summary,the combination of cognitive science and language will be the focus of future research on conversational implicature theory.