Categorias: Todos - communication - pragmatics - conversation

por Pilar Negrete 4 anos atrás

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THE COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLE

The Cooperative Principle, proposed by philosopher Paul Grice, outlines four essential maxims that speakers should adhere to for effective communication: Quality, Quantity, Relation, and Manner.

THE COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLE

THE COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLE

Pragmatic Theory

Branch of linguistics that studies the intentionality of communication.

Non Observance of Maxims

Non observance of the maxims refers to the lack of them.

They can be classified according to their nature.

Infringing
Suspending
Opting out
Flouting
Violating

Definition

How people achieve effective conversational communication in common social situations

Author

Grice based his work on John Austin´s work which was postumately published "How to say things with words)

Philosopher Paul Grice

4 Maxims

Paul Grive proposes these four maxims that speakers should take into consideration to make communicative conversation possible. All speakers expect their interlocutor to follow them.

4. Relation
Be relevant
3. Manner
Avoid ambiguity
2. Quantity
Don´t say more or less than needed.
1. Quality
Be truthful