As an important theory in the pragmatic study of language, speech act theory was originated with （ ） in the late 50's of the 20th century. 

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According to Austin's new model of speech act theory，a speaker might be performing three acts simultaneously when speaking: locutionary act, i act and perlocutionary act. 

Of the three speech acts a speaker might be performing simultaneously when speaking, linguists are most interested in the（ ）act because it is identical with the speaker’s intention. 

According to John Austin’s speech act theory, a(n)（ ）act is the act performed by saying something.

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​All the speech acts that belong to the same category share the same purpose or the same i point.

There are four maxims under the C Principle.

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Most of the violations of the four maxims under the Cooperative Principle give rise to conversational i.

According to the maxim of manner under the Cooperative Principe, participants of a conversation are expected to ( ).

Speaker A: I’m out of petrol.

Speaker B: There’s a garage round the corner.

Speaker B is violating the maxim of （）.

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The significance of Grice’s Cooperative Principle lies in that it explains how it is possible for the speaker to convey more than is literally said.

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The significance of Grice ’ s Cooperative Principle lies in that it explains how it is possible for the speaker to convey more than is literally said.

Judge whether the following statement is true or false. Put a T for true or F for false in the bracket in front of each statement. If you think a statement is false, you must explain why you think so and then give the correct version.

Searl thought that in making conversation, the participants must first of all be willing to cooperate.

 In the following dialogue, which maxim under CP is violated when the conversational implicature occurs?（）

—What did your sister buy in the Department Store?
—She bought a red dress, she bought a green dress, and she bought a blue dress.

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The significance of Grice's CP lies in that it explains how it is possible for the speaker to convey more than is l said.

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The significance of Grice’s C Principle lies in that it explains how it is possible for the speaker to convey more than is literally said.

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What are the four maxims under the cooperative principle? And illustrate with one example how the violation of the maxim of quality gives rise to conversational implicature.

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What are the four maxims of the Cooperative Principle? Please give examples to show how the flouting of these maxims gives rise to conversational implicature (Give at least two examples, each flouting a different maxim).

Answer the following questions.

What are the four maxims of the Cooperative Principle? Please give examples to show how the flouting of these maxims gives rise to conversational implicature (Give at least two examples, each flouting a different maxim).

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Paul Grice thought that in making conversation, the participants must first of all be willing to cooperate.

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cooperative principle