maxim Flashcards
1
Q
Speakers are expected to give as much information as is necessary for their
interlocutors to understand their utterances
-no more information
than is necessary.
A
Maxim Of Quantity
2
Q
what maxim
“What time is it?”
“I miss him”
A
Relevanve
3
Q
What they believe is true
A
maxim of quality
4
Q
People follow a set of miscellaneous rules
that are grouped under the maxim of
manner. Summarized by the directive Be
orderly and clear, this maxim dictates that
speakers and writers avoid ambiguity and
obscurity and be orderly in their utterances.
A
Maxim of manner
