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    Maxim of Relation/Relevance: An Animated and Narrated Glossary of Terms Used in Linguistics

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    The document presents the Maxim of Relation/Relevance, one of the four conversational maxims proposed by H.P. Grice in 1975. The Maxim of Relation requires contributions in a conversation to be relevant. It explains a regularity in conversational behavior regarding relevance of information provided. Examples show conversations either observing or violating the maxim, with violations allowing inferences called implicatures about what is not directly stated.

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    The document presents the Maxim of Relation/Relevance, one of the four conversational maxims proposed by H.P. Grice in 1975. The Maxim of Relation requires contributions in a conversation to be relevant. It explains a regularity in conversational behavior regarding relevance of information provided. Examples show conversations either observing or violating the maxim, with violations allowing inferences called implicatures about what is not directly stated.

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    An Animated and Narrated Glossary of

    Terms used in Linguistics


    presents

    Maxim of
    Relation/Relevance

    Definition
    When engaged in conversation, the Maxim
    of Relation requires you to

    Be relevant

    H.P. Grice (1975)

    H.P. Grice Slide 2

    Page 1
    Basic Idea
    • The Maxim of Relation is one of the four
    conversational maxims of the Cooperative
    Principle.
    • Grice proposes this maxim as an explanation for
    a certain kind of regularity in conversational
    behavior with respect to the relevance of
    information provided at each turn of a
    conversation.

    Slide 3

    Example 1
    How do you like
    Medium rare,
    your steak
    please.
    cooked?

    One finds this


    normal. Why?

    • The woman contributes what is relevant for the purpose


    of the conversation.
    – not irrelevant like “I like steak very much” or Because the
    “What nice weather!” Maxim is observed

    Slide 4

    Page 2
    Example 2
    Daniel, is Morgan good
    He is a polite man
    as a finance manager?
    and works on time.

    We find Daniel’s behavior


    weird. Why?

    Daniel’s contribution is
    irrelevant for the purpose of Because the Maxim is
    the conversation. violated.
    Slide 5

    Example 2
    He is a polite man Daniel, is Morgan good
    and works on time. as a finance manager?

    In this case, one might


    infer Morgan is not a
    good finance manager.

    Deliberate and apparent


    violation of maxims is Because we do not expect the
    called “flouting”. Maxim to be violated, the
    apparent violation must be
    motivated.
    Slide 6

    Page 3
    Example 2
    Daniel, is
    He is a polite man Morgan good as
    and works on time. a finance
    manager?

    Inferences obtained
    from flouting of maxims
    are called implicatures.

    Daniel may be implicating that


    •Morgan is no good as financial manager.

    Note: Implicatures do not have to be necessarily true, since the inferences are guessed at rather Slide 7
    than derived by formal logic.

    The End

    Wee, Lian-Hee and Winnie H.Y. Cheung (2009)


    An animated and narrated glossary of terms used in Linguistics.
    Hong Kong Baptist University.

    Page 4

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