Cooperation & Implicature

Which kind of maxims does this conversation NOT follow?

A: "Hey, how was your weekend?"

B: "It was good, I went to the beach with my family, we had a lot of fun, the weather was great, we had a barbecue on Saturday night. It was a really nice weekend."

• Quantity

• Quality

• Manner

• Relation

A conventional implicature can be canceled by further information or context.

• True

• False

What kind of implicature does B include in his expression?

A: I’m going to the prison tomorrow.

B: Will 200 dollars do?

• Scalar

• Conventional

• Generalized conversational

• Particularized conversational

Which kind of maxims does this conversation NOT follow?

A: "Have you ever read "The little mermaid?"

B: "Yes, this story is about a race bewteen turtle and rabbit."

• Quantity

• Quality

• Manner

• Relation

Which kind of maxims does this conversation NOT follow?

A: "What are you doing?"

B: "1+1=2, 2+2=4, 4+1=5"

• Quantity

• Quality

• Manner

• Relation

 In conversational implicature, also called Implications, the speaker says one thing but means another.

• True

• False

Which kind of maxims does this conversation NOT follow?

A: "What do you think of this painting?"

B: "Well, you know, I mean, it's kind of hard to say. Like, it's interesting, but at the same time, it's not really my style, you know what I mean?"

• Quantity

• Quality

• Manner

• Relation

In which of the following expressions conventional implicatures are attached?

• Marie is poor, but she’s honest.

• Frank sang Home Sweet Home.

• Marie is poor and she’s honest.

• Frank produced a series of sounds that corresponded closely to the score of Home Sweet Home.

Fill in the blank:

In conversational implicature, it is important to note that it is speakers who communicate meaning via ________ and it is listeners who recognize those communicated meanings via ________

Fill in the blank:

________ is a type of meaning that is conveyed indirectly through an utterance, rather than through its literal meaning. It arises when a listener infers additional meaning based on the context and the shared assumptions of the speaker and listener.