Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Grice's Maxims of Conversation


  • Adjacency pairs are small units of spoken language that follow an expected pattern
    • preferred and dispreferred responses
    • chaining of adjacency pairs help the expected flow of conversation

  • quantity - too much/too little
  • quality - truth
  • relevance - on/off topic - off topic referred to as side sequences
  • manner - clear communication
Grice's Maxims are only important when they're flouted.


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