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  • 16 years

    Under construction for a bit

    Working on a new template for this blog, site may be down periodically.
    Posting will continue next week.

  • 16 years

    Conversation tips and general conversation rules

    Conversation requires that listeners trust speakers to follow certain conventions. To make conversation efficient, both speakers and listeners must cooperate in communicating with each other. Philosopher H. Paul Grice devised a set of maxims (general...

  • 16 years

    Indirect speech acts and violating the maxims

    Indirect speech acts are used all the time, they have basically become second nature to us. Here's an example:
    A: Has the boss arrived today?
    B: The light's on in his office.

  • 16 years

    More fun with speaking indirectly

    The previous post on indirect speech acts illustrated that one is allowed to violate the Gricean maxims to get your point across. Here are some more examples:
    C: I promise to pay you back next week.
    D: Sure, and pigs will fly.

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