Ambiguous Implicatures
So thinking about the many different ways implicatures are used brought to mind somewhat of a correlation between them and politeness. More specifically how people tend to use the most ambiguous implied meaning when they have to tell someone something that is definitely going to hurt their feelings. So I am not going to try to give a really specific example, but I believe everyone knows what I am talking about. There comes those times when we try to soften the blow by letting someone know something through implied meaning rather than saying exactly what it is that is going to be hurtful. By doing this I guess we are also trying to lessen the blow for the speaker. I am not sure if this makes sense but if it understood I would like to hear your comments.
