Directions: Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false.Put a T for true or F for false in the brackets 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.

If a speaker is saying something for which he or she lacks adequate evidence, he or she is violating the maxim of quantity.

Directions: Explain the following terms and give examples for illustration where appropriate.

conversational implicature

Directions: Answer the following questions.

What is the Cooperative Principle? Please make an analysis of what maxim is violated by B and what implicature is produced in the following conversation.
A: The speaker is an awful bore. Don't you think?
B: The lecture hall is spacious, isn't it?
(This is said when it is known to both A and B that it is entirely possible for B to make a comment on the speaker.)

Directions: Explain the following term and give examples for illustration where appropriate. 

cooperative principle

Directions: Judge whether each of the following statements is true or false. Put 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 give the correct version.

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.

Directions: Explain the following terms and give examples for illustration where appropriate.

Maxim of quantity

If one contributes more information than is required in a conversation, he/she violates the maxim of q.  

Directions：Answer the following questions.

Which maxim does B’s utterance in the following conversation violate? Does the violation give rise to conversational implicature? If it does, what is the implicature?
[A is talking with B about a film they have seen.]
A: The film was good. Don’t you think?
B: The music was nice. 

（）is regarded as constituted by all kinds of knowledge assumed to be shared by the speaker and the hearer.

Directions ：Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a due. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given.

C is regarded as constituted by all kinds of knowledge assumed to be shared by the speaker and the hearer.

The notion of context is essential to the （）study of language.

Directions: Explain the following terms and give examples for illustration where appropriate.

context

The notion of（ ）is essential to the pragmatic study of language. It is generally considered as constituted by the knowledge shared by the speaker and the hearer. 

Directions: Explain the following term and give examples for illustration where appropriate. 

context

The notion of（ ）is essential to the pragmatic study of language.

Directions: Judge whether the following statement is true or false. Choose T for true or F for false. If you think the statement is false, you must explain why you think so and give the correct version.

    The notion of context is essential to the pragmatic study of language.

Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given.

C is regarded as constituted by all kinds of knowledge assumed to be shared by the speaker and the hearer.

The （）knowledge is of two types: the knowledge of the language they use, and the knowledge about the world.

Pragmatics and （）are both linguistic studies of meaning.

Directions: Fill in the blank in each of the following statements with one word, the first letter of which is already given as a clue. Note that you are to fill in ONE word only, and you are not allowed to change the letter given.

The basic difference between pragmatics and traditional semantics is that pragmatics considers meaning in c and traditional semantics studies meaning in isolation from use.