ANTH 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Paul Grice, Implicature
7 Sep 2016
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When we speak, we are often communicating more than the literal meaning of our words: can you pass the salt? . Want something to change about the situation. Open window, a/c too cold: it"s not the worst movie i"ve ever seen. Sometimes it"s based on convention (e. g. can you pass x ), but not always. The cooperative principle: people work together to communicate effectively and clearly: principle that we approach communication with, assume people are following this, as well as yourself. When someone appears to break these rules, we assume there is an implicit meaning that makes their utterance follow them. Must be a way to interpret what they are saying (since it doesn"t follow the rules) Try to come up with a way to make sense of the statement. I can sense the temperature too, so she"s violating the maxim of quantity] Maybe it has something to do with me]
