Implication Relevance

这是一篇关于Implication Relevance的思维导图，主要内容包括：literal meaning hypothesis 字面意思假设，indirect speech acts 间接言语行为，Grice's cooperative principle 合作原则，cooperation。

Implication Relevance

• cooperation
  • implication
    • making words mean more, and let the listener do the work of reading between the lines
    • Talking is a shared journey, and we owe each other the responsibility of cooperation along the way.
  • accept the responsibility to convey information in a way that makes sense
• Grice's cooperative principle 合作原则
  • 基础
    • usual linguistic meaning
    • contextual information
    • assumption
  • don't seem to?
    • unable
    • unwilling
    • read between the lines
  • Grice’s maxims
    • Maxim of Relation
    • Maxim of Quantity
    • Maxim of Quality
    • Maxim of Manner
    • culturally bound
  • flouting 明目张胆的违反
    • deliberately/overtly=purposeful
  • violation 偷偷违反
  • implicature
    • getting A from B
• indirect speech acts 间接言语行为
  • 前提
    • hearer's ability to recognize the deliberate violation of CP
  • why?
    • more polite
    • humorous effect
• literal meaning hypothesis 字面意思假设
  • how to process implication?
  • go for a literal meaning→ realise not feasible→ hunt for a non-literal meaning
  • salience hypothesis 显著性假设
    • non-literal meanings are available from the start as their own thing