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知识点一:Cooperation and implicature



What maxim of the cooperative principle is violated by B in the following conversation? And what is the implicature?

A: Don’t you think the hostess was abnormal?

B: Want another cup of coffee?

教师解析:

The maxim of relation is violated. The importance is that B doesn’t want to gossip about the hostess.

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