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the study of how people use language in actual conversations in regards to context
What is pragmatics?
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Why would one flout a maxim?
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A sentence is abstract and thus has no context; an utterance is a concrete event and thus has context
What is the difference between a sentence and an utterance?
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What is an example of flouting a maxim?
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Linguistic, social, situational
What are the three types of context?
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"Be brief" refers to lexical brevity, maxims of quantity refer to informational brevity
What is the difference between the maxim of manner "be brief" and the maxims of quantity?
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When conversing, people intend to contribute to the conversation's purpose with what they say
What is the cooperative principle?
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The situational appropriateness of an utterance.
What is felicity?
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