Theory of conversational implicature Implicature provides some explicit account of how it is possible to mean more than what is actually“said". Grice(1967)put forward CP (cooperative principles)(Textbook:p.253) The maxims specify what participants have to do in order to converse in a maximally efficient rational,cooperative way:They should speak sincerely,relevantly,and clearly,while providing sufficient information.Theory of conversational implicature Implicature provides some explicit account of how it is possible to mean more than what is actually “said”. Grice (1967) put forward CP (cooperative principles) (Textbook: p.253) The maxims specify what participants have to do in order to converse in a maximally efficient, rational, cooperative way: They should speak sincerely, relevantly, and clearly, while providing sufficient information