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Grice's Cooperative Principle

Task B - Our answer

The maxim of RELATION is broken in the response to the question as it is not a straightforward answer to the question. This lack of a straightforward relation between the question and answer is obvious to all. So the maxim-break is a FLOUT and the extra meaning (I didn't think much of the play) is an IMPLICATURE, intended by the speaker which the hearer can work out.

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