Étiquette : rhétorique

Implicite

Définition

«Qui est virtuellement contenu dans une proposition, un fait, sans être formellement exprimé, et peut en être tiré par déduction, induction» (le Petit Robert, édition numérique de 2018).

Exemple

[Mike Carney et Pepper se connaissent depuis des décennies. Ce ne sont pas ce qu’on appelle des honnêtes gens. Ils discutent — façon de parler — d’une entreprise criminelle : «Pull this setup downtown, you make a killing» (p. 249). Leurs échanges seront succincts, mais parfaitement compréhensibles, du moins pour eux : quatre mots suffiront. Le narrateur, lui, doit venir au secours de ses lecteurs.]

«“Yeah,” Big Mike said. Meaning, this was a waste of good scheme, as Harlem’s jewelry vendors didn’t carry the same volume of high-quality stones as a Madison or Lexington joint like Spears Winthrop or Edgeworth Jewels.

“But,” Pepper added, which was all he had to say to communicate that working downtown had its own complications. Dispatching three — four ? they didn’t know how many places Uncle Rich was hitting tonight — black crews below the Ninety-sixth Street Mason-Dixon line increased the possibility of police interference.

“Though,” Big Mike said, to indicate that Bulldog’s response to a Harlem client was not the same they’d give to a downtown client. Anytime racism helped the rip-off logistics, it was like God was giving him His blessing.

“Sure,” Pepper said. As in, tonight’s setup was tonight’s setup and they’d take what they could get» (Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto, p. 249-250).

[Yeah, But, Though, Sure : tout est dit, pour qui se comprend à demi-mot.]

 

Référence

Whitehead, Colson, Crook Manifesto. A Novel, New York, Doubleday, 2023, 319 p.