Maxims of Conversation

Grice's co-operative principles has how many maxims?

• One maxim

• Two maxims

• Three maxims

• Four maxims

What are the maxim of quantity?

• Speakers should be brief and orderly, and avoid obscurity and ambiguity.

• Speakers should be as informative as is required, that they should give neither too little information nor too much.

• Speakers are assumed to be saying something that is relevant to what has been said before.

• Speakers are expected to be sincere, to be saying something that they believe corresponds to reality.

What it the maxim of quality?

• Speakers should be brief and orderly, and avoid obscurity and ambiguity.

• Speakers should be as informative as is required, that they should give neither too little information nor too much.

• Speakers are assumed to be saying something that is relevant to what has been said before.

• Speakers are expected to be sincere, to be saying something that they believe corresponds to reality.

What is the maxim of relation?

• Speakers should be brief and orderly, and avoid obscurity and ambiguity.

• Speakers should be as informative as is required, that they should give neither too little information nor too much.

• Speakers are assumed to be saying something that is relevant to what has been said before.

• Speakers are expected to be sincere, to be saying something that they believe corresponds to reality.

What is the maxim of manner?

• Speakers should be brief and orderly, and avoid obscurity and ambiguity.

• Speakers should be as informative as is required, that they should give neither too little information nor too much.

• Speakers are assumed to be saying something that is relevant to what has been said before.

• Speakers are expected to be sincere, to be saying something that they believe corresponds to reality.

A speaker can be said to violate a maxim when ...

• they have an imperfect knowledge or performance of language.

• they seem unwilling to cooperate in the way the maxim requires.

• they appear not to follow the maxims but expect hearers to appreciate the meaning implied.

• they know that the hearer will not know the truth and will only understand the surface meaning of the words.

What is the difference between flouting and breaking?

• Flouting is intentional, breaking is accidental.

• Breaking is accidental, flouting is intentional

Which of these could be examples of flouting the maxims?

• Not understanding the question and giving the incorrect answer.

• Refusing to answer a question because you don't someone to know the truth.

• Lying to cover something up.

• Hearing the question wrong and giving an irrelevant answer.

Which of these could be examples of breaking the maxims?

• Not understanding the question and giving the incorrect answer.

• Refusing to answer a question because you don't someone to know the truth.

• Lying to cover something up.

• Hearing the question wrong and giving an irrelevant answer.

Which maxim did the linguist llama break?

• Maxim of Manner

• Maxim of Quality

• Maxim of Relevance

• Maxim of Quantity