Conversational Maxims

Conversational Maxims is a set of normative pragmatic principles, formulated by H. P. Grice under the Cooperative Principle, that specify how speakers should contribute to discourse in terms of appropriate quantity, quality, relation, and manner so as to enable cooperative and inferentially rich communication.

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Citations

277

Authors

158

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2017–2026

Variants

Gricean Maxims

Parents

Pragmatics

Children

Conversation Analysis Of MaximsConversational InferenceFlouting Of MaximsGricean TheoryHumor StudiesManner FloutingMaxim Of MannerMaxim Of QualityMaxim Of QuantityMaxim Of Relation

Publications

186

Universals in language usage: Politeness phenomena

Penelope Brown, Stephen C. Levinson · Max Planck Digital Library · 1978 · 2.2K citations

Language Studies, Linguistics, Second Language Studies +14

Politeness phenomena in modern Chinese

Yueguo Gu · Journal of Pragmatics · 1990 · 1.2K citations

Language Studies, Linguistics, Intercultural Communication +11

Politeness: Some universals in language use

Penelope Brown, Stephen C. Levinson · 1999 · 1.1K citations

Language Studies, Linguistics, Second Language Studies +12

Intention and Convention in Speech Acts

P. F. Strawson · The Philosophical Review · 1964 · 965 citations

Language Studies, Linguistics, Pragmatics +10

Paying compliments: A sex-preferential politeness strategy

Janet Holmes · Journal of Pragmatics · 1988 · 597 citations

Language Studies, Communication, Linguistics +12

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Authors

277

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Marina Terkourafi
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States
3 publications · 208 citations
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Frank Jamet
Laboratoire Cognitions Humaine et Artificielle, France
2 publications · 39 citations
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Niels Ole Bernsen
University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
2 publications · 71 citations
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Matthijs Westera
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
2 publications · 42 citations
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Kate Beeching
University of the West of England, United Kingdom
2 publications · 69 citations
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Institutions

158

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Journal of Pragmatics
20 publications · 2.9K citations
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Theory and Practice in Language Studies
TPLS · 5 publications · 81 citations
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Pragmatics Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA)
5 publications · 221 citations
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Multilingua
4 publications · 546 citations
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The Philosophical Quarterly
4 publications · 229 citations
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