Denial and contrast: A relevance theoretic analysis ofbut

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Recursive Deep Models for Semantic Compositionality Over a Sentiment Treebank (2013, background): “The conjunction is interpreted as an argument for the second conjunct, with the first functioning concessively (Lakoff, 1971; Blakemore, 1989; Merin, 1999).”
The logic of conventional implicatures (2004, background): “But Bach (1999) makes a compelling case that but has entirely at-issue content; Blakemore (1989, 2000, 2001) reaches essentially the same conclusion, beginning from a theoretical position that is much different from Bach’s.”
Indicators and procedures: nevertheless and but (2000, methodology): “Blakemore 1987, 1989 ) is too narrow, and must be extended to include all information about the inferential processes underlying utterance interpretation, including, for example, constraints on contexts.”
The heterogeneity of procedural meaning (2016, background): “…is 538 somewhat hard to assess: the word ‘but’ and its counterpart in other languages has 539 often been claimed to have two or more related uses (Blakemore 1989, 2002); the 540 array of (related) speech acts associated with the imperative mood (order, request, 541 advice, permission) could be…”