Watch the following video and mention at least one flouting/violation of Gricean Maxims. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEM8gZCWQ2wConsider the following context: “Your colleague and you are in the...

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  1. Watch the following video and mention at least one flouting/violation of Gricean Maxims.


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEM8gZCWQ2wConsider the following context:




  2. “Your colleague and you are in the same room. It is really cold. You are standing by the window looking outside. You start opening the window. Your friend says Oh! I am freezing! “
    What does your friend mean?




  3. Describe an experience of yours in which two of Gricean Maxims have been violated.




  4. What do you think about those three hypotheses on the evolution of human language?


    Which one sounds more reasonable to you? why?





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Answer To: Watch the following video and mention at least one flouting/violation of Gricean Maxims....

Dr. Saloni answered on Aug 06 2022
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Gricean Maxims
1.
The maxim of quality was violated in the second part of the video, where Leo
nard was convincing Tom to lie to everyone that Leonard went to the office when he was really not going there. Thus, Tom tells everyone that Leonard went to the office. The quality maxim states that one should be truthful and refrain from providing information that is incorrect or not substantiated by evidence (Hmouri, 2021).

2.
The friend means that the window should not be open as it's already cold and opening the window can make him freeze. However, the friend is unclear in his communication and thus violates the maxim of manner, which states that one ought to be as brief, orderly, and clear as possible in everything one...
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