ANTH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Paul Grice, Implicature
17 Sep 2018
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When we speak, we are often communicating more than the literal meaning of our words. "can you pass the salt" literally asking if you are mentally and physically capable of passing the salt really asking to have the salt (a request) "it"s cold in here" implies to turn the heat up, or offer me a sweater. "it"s not the worst movie i"ve seen" they didn"t like it a lot. Sometimes it"s based on convention (can you pass the salt) but not always. Makes things more indirect to make things more polite (could you possibly please pass the salt) The cooperative principle: people work together to communicate effectively and clearly. Say only what you have sufficient evidence to support. Appropriate a: i went to the mall. Inappropriate a: i woke up by 8;37, lay in bed for 12 minutes Inappropriate a: i ventured to that glorious, teeming testament of. When someone appears to break these rules, we assume.
