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    It is not the case that Grice's own framework accommodates non-standard implicature cases where speakers exploit conventions with partial concealment of their full meaning.

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    • 1.Grice's framework requires that implicatures be calculable through explicit reasoning; true concealment undermines the transparency requirement.
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    • 2.If meaning is intentionally hidden, the speaker may violate the Maxim of Clarity, contradicting Grice's cooperative principle foundations.
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    • 3.Partial concealment suggests the speaker doesn't openly intend the hearer to recognize their meaning—violating Grice's mutual knowledge condition.
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    • 1.Grice's framework distinguishes utterance meaning from speaker meaning, allowing speakers to convey propositions beyond conventional semantics.
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    • 2.Implicature requires mutual recognition between speaker and hearer; partial concealment preserves this cooperative principle if discoverable.
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    • 3.Irony, metaphor, and understatement are genuine implicatures that exploit conventions while obscuring literal content—Grice's model explains these.
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