试题题干
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.)
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试题解析
（1）在进行对话时，参与者首先必须愿意合作，否则就不可能继续谈话。
（2）B说一些与A刚才所说的无关的话，违反了关系准则。
（3）产生的会话含义是：“我不想以这样的方式谈论演讲者”。