Topic 12 - Meaning between the lines (Session A) > Top Girls > Task C

Top Girls

Task C - Turns 5 - 8

Now let's apply the same mode of analysis to turns 5-8.

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Look carefully at these 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.

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