Theory of conversational implicature Implicatures are not semantic inferences,but rather inferences based on both the content of what has been said and some specific assumptions about the cooperative nature of ordinary verbal interaction. Standard implicature:--those references arising from observing the maxims. Violation of the maxims:inferences may be generated when the speaker deliberately violates the maxims.Ex. A:Where does she live? B:Somewhere in the South of France.(violate Maxim of Quantity;如果提供更具体信息,B会违反Maxim of Quality,B的回答可以解释为:B doesn't know in which city she lives.)Theory of conversational implicature Implicatures are not semantic inferences, but rather inferences based on both the content of what has been said and some specific assumptions about the cooperative nature of ordinary verbal interaction. Standard implicature: --those references arising from observing the maxims. Violation of the maxims: inferences may be generated when the speaker deliberately violates the maxims. Ex. A: Where does she live? B: Somewhere in the South of France. (violate Maxim of Quantity; 如果提供更具体信息,B会违反Maxim of Quality,B的回答可以解释为: B doesn’t know in which city she lives.)