 For a speaker to implicate something is for the speaker to mean something by saying something else  (§1).  It is generally agreed that what a speaker means is determined by the speaker’s intentions. When Steve utters “Kathryn is a Russian teacher”, whether Steve means that Kathryn is a teacher of Russian nationality or a teacher of the Russian language, and whether he is speaking literally or ironically, depends entirely on what Steve intends to convey. What “convey” means precisely is controversial, but is an independent  issue.[72]