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---+ Mom: What did you think of Junior’s childish behavior last night? Dad: Well, boys will be boys
---+ Mom: What did you think of Junior’s childish behavior last night? Dad: Well, boys will be boys
|| The father's reply is seemingly unrelated to the question.
|| The father's reply is seemingly unrelated to the question.
+--- Teacher A: Do you have any rude students this semester? Teacher B: All students are rude.
-+-- Student A: Do you like Linguistics? Student B: Well, let’s just say I don’t jump for joy before class.
|| A's question triggers the quantity implicature from ''any'' to ''not all''. B's reply cancels this implicature explicitly.
|| The reply is inadequately lengthy.
-+-- Student A: I read the book and bought it. - but not in this order.
--+- Student: I was absent on Monday - did I miss anything important? Teacher: Oh no, of course not, we never do anything important in class.  
|| A violates the temporal order. The manner implicature needs to be explicitly cancelled.
|| The teacher says something she (hopefully!) does not believe to be true.
--+- Student A: C
+--- Student A: Did you read the paper for today's class? Student B:  
+--- Student A: Did you read the paper and work on the assignment? Student B: I worked on the assignment.
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|| B's reply triggers the quantitiy implicature that s/he did not read the paper.


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The youtube video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI9tFOcVnV4 contains short clips with examples of violations of the four maxims.




Revision as of 21:53, 13 November 2013

The following material is an adapted form of material created by student participants of the project e-Learning Resources for Semantics (e-LRS).
Involved participants: Stephanie C., Stephie R., Jenny, Anna P.

Implicatures

Grice's Conversational Maxims

According to Grice's theory of conversational implicature, there are four basic maxims which specify how to be cooperative in conversation: Quantity, Manner, Quality and Relation. Grice believed that implicatures arise when these maxims are violated and the speaker (relying on an assumption of cooperation) is forced to infer meaning.

Which of the four maxims are violated the five dialogues below? (Take a look at the participants' Prezi presentation if you need help with the maxims.)

Quantity Manner Quality Relation
Mom: What did you think of Junior’s childish behavior last night? Dad: Well, boys will be boys
Student A: Do you like Linguistics? Student B: Well, let’s just say I don’t jump for joy before class.
Student: I was absent on Monday - did I miss anything important? Teacher: Oh no, of course not, we never do anything important in class.
Student A: Did you read the paper for today's class? Student B:


The youtube video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI9tFOcVnV4 contains short clips with examples of violations of the four maxims.


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