Grice's Maxims - created from Mind Map

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Principles of quantity

Principles of quality

Principles of relevance

Principles of manner

speakers should provide not too much, or too little information

speakers should be truthful and accurate

topics must be established, maintained, and terminated. Style should reflect social relationship between participants. speakers should inhibit speech in situations where talking aloud would be considered inappropriate

extra and paralinguistic comm behaviors