Grice's maxims Flashcards
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Grice’s maxims
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In 1975, Paul Grice proposed the following conversational maxims in “Logic and Conversation”
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The 4 subheadings for Grice’s maxims
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Maxims of Quantity:
Maxim of Relation:
Maxims of Manner:
Maxims of Quantity:
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Maxims of Quantity:
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Make your contribution to the conversation as informative as necessary.
Do not make your contribution to the conversation more informative than necessary
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Maxims of Quality:
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Do not say what you believe to be false.
Do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence
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Maxim of Relation:
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Be relevant
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Maxims of Manner:
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Avoid obscurity of expression.
Avoid ambiguity.
Be brief.
Be orderly
