Applications:

Exploiting the Four Maxims

目录 01 Exploiting the Maxim of Quantity

CONTENT

02 Exploiting the Maxim of Quality

03 Exploiting the Maxim of Relation

04 Exploiting the Maxim of Manner

Exploiting the Maxim of Quantity
数量准则要求对话双方在交谈时给予对方足够的信息而且不能多
于所必需的信息，如果违背这一准则就会利用缺少或增添的信息
来产生会话含义，传达特殊的戏剧效果。
Part 01

Exploiting the Maxim of Quality

The first part of the Maxim of Quality is that interlocutors can

conversationally implicate something by ostentatiously saying what
the speaker believes to be false.
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Exploiting the Maxim of Quality

The second part of the maxim is that interlocutors should not say
that for which they lack adequate evidence. According to the Maxim
of Quality, one should not say something without adequate
evidence.
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Exploiting the Maxim of Relation

关联准则要求交谈双方所说话题相符，如果违背了这一原则，
说明听话者有意避开这个话题或者理解了说话者的言外之意。
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Exploiting the Maxim of Manner

The maxim of manner requires that interlocutors should be

perspicuous. Breaching the Maxim of Manner can create
dramatic humorous effects.
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Exploiting the Maxim of Manner

When addressees fail to identify the exploitation of maxims,
they may unable to infer the speaker's intention, causing an
awkward communication failure.
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