问答题 Analyze the following dialogue with reference to Grice's Cooperative Principle: (北二外2007研)A: Where is X?B: He's gone to the market. He said so where he left.
【正确答案】正确答案:In this dialogue, the second maxim of Quantity is violated, which requires one's utterance not to be over informative. The first part of B's answer is enough for A's question, but by adding the second part, the speaker may implicate that he is not sure whether X has really gone to the library.
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