[stylist] Sub: Grice's Maxims

[Donald Winiecki]

A simple google search returned about 42,800 results.  There seems to be a
wide range of accuracy and out there with respect to the contents of these
hits.  When I was in grad school the second time, Grice was presented as
having provided a set of ideas specific to one-way communication (and thus
particularly useful in marketing and tech publishing, among other things),
and a fair number of the hits I checked are now interpreting the maxims as
relevant to two-way communication.

FWIW, I still see them as particular to one-way communication, but one
perhaps has to move with the flow -- even if we choose to live in a bubble
we get carried with the current!

Here are several useful links.  The first one is delightfully short, but
also less informative than the others.  Here's hoping that they all fulfill
Grice's ideas!

https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/dravling/grice.html

https://www.ukessays.com/essays/english-language/gricean-four-maxims-leads-to-effective-communication-english-language-essay.php

https://yourtranscreator.com/2017/05/02/cooperative-communication-and-grices-4-maxims/

_don

On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 9:57 AM, David Russell via stylist <
stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello Don and others,
>
> I like your point to start by not challenging the reader off the bat.
> We all like to be drawn in not bullied in any situation.
>
> Would Grice's maxims be neatly tucked somewhere and accessible via Google?
>
> --
> David Russell
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