Linguistic Rules of Politeness (Conversational Implicatures): Why do some people break or flaunt them?
Here are H. P. Grice’s rules of politeness (conversational implicatures), while other social groups tend to break or flaunt these rules?
I. Quantity
A. Be informative
B. Don’t give more information than is required
II. Quality
A. Don’t lie or mislead
B. Don’t make statements unless there is adequate evidence
III. Relation
A. Be relevant
IV. Manner
A. Avoid obscurity
B. Avoid ambiguity
C. Be succinct
D. Be orderly
Why do some social groups tend to follow H. P. Grice’s rules of politeness (conversational implicatures), while other social groups tend to break or flaunt these rules?
Don and Alleen Nilsen “Humor Across the Academic Disciplines” PowerPoints: https://www.public.asu.edu/~dnilsen/
Hello, Don!
Are humour, irony, sarcasm, register- or code-switching, or other meta-verbal mechanisms (on individual or group level) relevant to your research?
Thanks,
Daniel
Daniel: Yes, they're all relevant. For example, here's a PowerPoint about "Irony."
That's an excellent presentation, very fun to read! I loved every slide. — I'll drop a few lines about your research to colleagues in translation, there surely are lots of material.
Daniel: Excellent. Thanks. Here is a PowerPoint about "Humor and Translation Issues." Thanks for helping.
I think, one of the reasons of breaking conversational implicatures is the desire to be mportant, powerful and dominant. Maxim of quantity revolves around the amount of information that the speaker sparingly lets out. Or, in the opposite situation, gives away lots and lots of minute details to dominate in conversation. Or maxim of manner: when the speaker deliberately speaks vaguely, they control situation by controllimg information. Deliberate violation of maxim of relevance is a way to shift from the point of discussion in order to keep the situation under control. Being economical with the truth, i.e. violating maxim of quality, is another attempt to control and dominate.
Lilia: I totally agree. This relates to positive face (for social bonding), and negative face (for hierarchical being in charge). Thanks for your comments.
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