Cooperation and Implicature Group 5 MTHT

How many maxims are there in the Cooperative Principle?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Which maxim refers to providing enough information, but not too much?

• Maxim of Quality

• Maxim of Quantity

• Maxim of Relation

• Maxim of Manner

Which maxim requires speakers to be truthful and avoid saying things they believe to be false?

• Maxim of Quality

• Maxim of Quantity

• Maxim of Relation

• Maxim of Manner

Which maxim refers to ensuring information is relevant to the topic at hand?

• Maxim of Quality

• Maxim of Quantity

• Maxim of Relation

• Maxim of Manner

Which maxim deals with being clear, brief, and avoiding ambiguity?

• Maxim of Quality

• Maxim of Quantity

• Maxim of Relevance

• Maxim of Manner

How does the Cooperative Principle benefit communication?

• It helps communication be efficient and avoid misunderstandings

• It helps speakers express themselves better.

• It helps listeners understand information more easily.

• All of the above.

Which example violates the Maxim of Quality?

• "I traveled to Da Lat last month."

• "The weather today seems nice."

• "My dog can fly."

• "I'm not sure about that."

Implicature are primary examples of more being communicated than is said.

• True

• False

Many expressions such as “ business is business”, or “boys will be boys” are called …..........

• tautologies

• conventional implicature

• conversational implicature

• particularized conversational implicature

…................... make your conservational contribution as required, at the stage at which it occurs, by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange in which you are engaged.

• Conversational implicature

• Tautologies

• The cooperative principle

• Hedges