The pragmatics of dogwhistles: some questions
Abstract
Os dogwhistles são mecanismos comunicativos de expressão de significados subliminares. Neste artigo, assumo a distinção, usual na literatura sobre o tema, entre dois tipos de dogwhistle: os explícitos e os implícitos, sendo que nestes últimos, ao contrário dos primeiros, a preservação do carácter subliminar da mensagem parece ser uma condição necessária de sucesso comunicativo do dogwhistle. Explorando vários aspectos desta distinção, argumento que, no entanto, os dogwhistles de ambos os tipos se deixam analisar como implicaturas conversacionais, em particular tendo em conta as propriedades canónicas da cancelabilidade e da calculabilidade.
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