Author Question: According to Grice (1967), the maxim of ____ refers to the expectation that a person's contribution ... (Read 58 times)

kamilo84 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

According to Grice (1967), the maxim of ____ refers to the expectation that a person's contribution to a conversation avoid obscure expressions, vague utterances, and purposeful obfuscation of the point.

a. quantity
b. quality
c. relation
d. manner

Question 2

When Tom said to Mary, I think we need to talk about our relationship, Mary said casually, The weather sure is beautiful Mary's answer illustrates a violation of the conversational maxim of ____.

a. quantity
b. quality
c. relation
d. manner