COOPERATION AND IMPLICATURE Flashcards
IMPLICATURE
(the speaker) the implied meaning generated intentionally by the speaker
INFERENCING
(the hearer) the inferred meaning decided by the hearer and which may or may not be the same as the speaker’s intended implicature
associative inferencing: understanding the meaning through known association
logical inferencing: drawing conclusions/implications from premises
THE COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLE
H. P. Grice “Make your contribution such as is required, at the stage at which it occurs, by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange in which you are engaged.”
GRICE’S CONVERSATIONAL MAXIMS
maxim of quantity, maxim of quality, maxim of relevance, maxim of manner
MAXIM OF QUANTITY
be as informative as it is required
MAXIM OF QUALITY
do not say what you believe to be false, do not say that for which you lack evidence
MAXIM OF RELEVANCE
be relevant
MAXIM OF MANNER
avoid ambiguity
TYPES OF IMPLICATURE
generalised, scalar implicature, particularised
VIOLATIONS
breaking the maxims on purpose, but secretly, part of a strategy