Grice- cooperation and maxims

Question 1

Grice’s co-operative principle:

Answer 1

the underlying understanding between speakers and their observance of conversational rules which enable talk to take place.

Question 2

How many Maxims?

Answer 2

4

Question 3

What are the maxims titles?

Answer 3

Quantity
Quality
Relevance
Manner

Question 4

Maxim of Quantity (3)

Answer 4

a. Give the right amount of information.
b. Make your contribution as informative as is appropriate.
c. Do not make your contribution more informative than is appropriate.

Question 5

Maxim of Quality (3)

Answer 5

a. Try to make your contribution one that is true.
b. Do not say what you believe to be false.
c. Do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence.

Question 6

Maxim of Relevance

Answer 6

`a. Be relevant. (eg. Don’t go completely off topic)

Question 7

Maxim of manner (6)

Answer 7

a. Be clear.
b. Avoid obscurity of expression.
c. Avoid ambiguity.
d. Be brief.
e. Be orderly.
f. This ISN’T having “bad manners”. (or “good manners”)

Question 8

Can you give some basic info about deez maxims please?

Answer 8

These are based upon the principle of cooperation and do not mean that people always stick to these.

Question 9

Flouting the Maxims

Answer 9

deliberate departure from maxims as to perhaps imply something else.

Question 10

Violating the maxims

Answer 10

Unintentional departure from the maxims or intentional if it’s something like lying and wanting to get away with it.(and then actually getting away with it)