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Task B - Turns 1 - 4
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Look carefully at these four turns, a turn at a
time, in terms of Gricean implicature and any other forms of analysis
you think are relevant.
If a maxim is broken, you will need to work out
whether a violation or a flout is involved, and at what discourse level
(character-character or author-audience/reader).
Then if a flout is involved at some level you will
need to indicate what you think the implicature is in context.
| 1. WIN: |
Now, Louise, hello. I have your details here. You've been very
loyal to the one job I see. |
| 2. LOUISE: |
Yes I have. |
| 3. WIN: |
Twenty years is a long time in one place. |
| 4. LOUISE: |
I feel it is. I feel it's time to move on. |
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