The Cooperative Principle and the Maxims The Principle CP Make your conversational contribution such as is required, at the stage at which it occurs, by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange in which you are engaged Specific Maxims Quality: make contribution 1)as informative and 2)not more informative than required which you lact ak w) what you believe to be false and 2)that for Quality: don't sa ck adequate evidence Relation: Be relevant Manner: 1)avoid obscurity; 2) avoid ambiguity; 3) be brief; 4)be orderly. Others? Aesthetic, social, or moral, be polite, Cultural Differences: What is relevant, polite, true will vary from culture to cultureThe Cooperative Principle and the Maxims • The Principle CP • Make your conversational contribution such as is required, at the stage at which it occurs, by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange in which you are engaged. • Specific Maxims • Quality: make contribution 1) as informative and 2) not more informative than required. • Quality: don’t say 1) what you believe to be false and 2) that for which you lack adequate evidence. • Relation: Be relevant • Manner: 1) avoid obscurity; 2) avoid ambiguity; 3) be brief; 4) be orderly. • Others? Aesthetic, social, or moral, be polite, ... • Cultural Differences: What is relevant, polite, true will vary from culture to culture