Individual Variation

Question 1

what is meant by the cooperative principle

Answer 1

describes how people acheive effective conversational communication in common social situations
- accept and understand one another

Question 2

maxim of quality

Answer 2

= tries to be truthful and doesn’t give information that is false or not supported by evidence

Question 3

maxim of quantity

Answer 3

= one tries to be as informative as possible and gives as much information as needed

Question 4

maxim of relation

Answer 4

= one tries to be relevant, talks about things pertinent to the discussion

Question 5

maxim of manner

Answer 5

= one tries to be clear, brief and orderly, avoiding any obscurity or ambiguity
- ensure langauge use is appropriate and direct

Question 6

breaking the maxims

Answer 6

violating = breaking the maxim covertly so other people dont know, resulting in lying 
flouting = break the maxim in a flagarant way - often foregrounded - so that it is obvious it has been broken - refers to the implicature - extra meaning

Question 7

politeness principle

Answer 7

= redressing of affronts to a persons sociological ‘face’ threatening acts
- builds on concept of face to discuss politeness as a response
BROWN AND LEVINSON 1987
- politeness was a universal concept