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cartlidgeashley

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The idea that each person in a conversation implicitly assumes that all speakers are following the rules and that each contribution to the conversation is a sincere, appropriate contributionthe most basic conversational postulate,
 
  stating that participants cooperate by sharing information in an honest fashionis __________.
  a. the Cooperative principle
  b. the Quality principle
  c. the Belief principle
  d. the Manner principle

Question 2

The broad term for the rules that govern our conversational interactions is __________.
 
  a. conversational laws
  b. conversational principles
  c. conversational expectations
  d. conversational maxims



makaylafy

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: a

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d



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