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Gretchen McCulloch
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New favourite example of scalar implicature
Jan 18, 2026 16:13
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Gretchen McCulloch
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Don't know what scalar implicature is but now intrigued that it can be used for jokes? Check out this
@lingthusiasm.com
episode!
lingthusiasm.com/post/6682360...
62: Cool things about scales and implicature
Lingthusiasm Episode 62: Cool things about scales and implicature We can plot the words we use to describe temperature on a scale: cold, cool, warm, hot. It’s not as precise as a temperature scale ...
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