Andrew Moore’s Universal Teacher Website Flashcards
1
Q
What is the Quality Maxim?
A
Speakers should tell the truth, and not say false or misinformed statements
2
Q
Who coined the 4 conversational maxims?
A
Grice
3
Q
What is the Quantity Maxim?
A
Contributions to a conversation should be as informative as required for a conversation to proceed.
4
Q
What is the Relevance Maxim?
A
Contributions should relate to the purpose of the conversation
5
Q
What is the Manner Maxim?
A
Contributions should be perspicuous, clear, orderly and brief
6
Q
What are locutionary acts?
A
Speech acts which have taken place
7
Q
What are illoctionary acts?
A
Real actions performed by the utterance; saying equals doing
8
Q
What are perlocutionary acts?
A
Effects of the utterance on the listener
9
Q
Who crated the speech acts?
A
J.L. Austin
