 | Ronald Geluykens - Foreign Language Study - 1994 - 218 pages
...weaker some where the speaker could have used the stronger all would contradict the Q-principle. (11) I-Principle Speaker's Maxim (the Maxim of Minimization) 'Say as little as necessary', ie produce the minimal linguistic information sufficient to achieve your communicational ends (bearing... | |
 | Yan Huang - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2000 - 420 pages
...contrast set, then one can infer -K(Q), ie the speaker does not know whether Q obtains or not. (it) The I-principle Speaker's maxim: the maxim of minimization ‘Say as little as necessary', ie produce the minimal linguistic information sufficient to achieve your communicational ends (bearing... | |
 | Peter Kühnlein, Hannes Rieser, Henk Zeevat - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2003 - 418 pages
...not (...) (p. 76). The I-Principle: Speaker's maxim: the maxim of Minimization. "Say as little as is necessary"; that is, produce the minimal linguistic...communicational ends (bearing Q in mind). Recipient's corollary: die Enrichment Rule. Amplify the informational content of the speaker's utterance, by finding the most... | |
 | Sarah E. Blackwell - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2003 - 326 pages
...informative interpretation from the use of a semantically weaker expression (1987b: 402): (29) Levinson's I-principle Speaker's Maxim: the Maxim of Minimization Say as little as necessary, ie, produce the minimal linguistic information sufficient to achieve your communicational ends (bearing... | |
 | Rosina Márquez-Reiter, María Elena Placencia - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 408 pages
...an abnormal situation, or marked messages indicate marked situations (...). (Levinson 2000:136) The I-principle: Speaker's maxim: The maxim of Minimization....speaker's utterance, by finding the most specific (his italics) interpretation, up to what you judge to be the speaker's m-intended point, unless the... | |
 | Luigi Anolli - Computers - 2005 - 308 pages
...corollary: Take it that the speaker made the strongest statement consistent with what he knows. 2) I-principle Speaker's maxim: the maxim of Minimization....interpretation, up to what you judge to be the speaker's intended point, unless the speaker has broken the maxim of Minimization by using a marked or prolix... | |
 | Jay David Atlas - Philosophy - 2005 - 304 pages
...achieve your communication ends, unless providing the minimal statement would contravene the Qprinciple. Recipient's Corollary (the Enrichment Rule): Amplify...speaker's utterance, by finding the most SPECIFIC [or PRECISE] interpretation, up to what you judge to be the speaker's M-intended point (see Grice 1989a:... | |
 | Anita Fetzer - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2004 - 294 pages
...specification, namely the I-Principle and the M-Principle. Levinson defines the I-Principle as follows: I-Principle Speaker's maxim: the Maxim of Minimization....what you judge to be the speaker's m-intended point, unless the speaker has broken the maxim of Minimization by using a marked or prolix expression. Specifically:... | |
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I-Principle Speaker's maxim: the maxim of Minimization. "Say as little as necessary"; that is, produce the minimal linguistic information sufficient to achieve your communicational ends (bearing Q in mind). Recipient's corollary: the Enrichment Rule.... 