Grice's Maxims in 'The Big Bang Theory'

Hello again! Long time no see! (Just kidding, I totally forgot this was due today so I'm literally posting this a few hours after class.) I did the typical lazy-student act when asked to write about a concept in a chapter. I cracked my book open to the chapter, flipped some pages and pointed! Lucky for me, it was actually a concept that I was interested in!



So, the video (since I know most people won't actually watch the whole thing) is just giving examples of the four maxims of conversation, or better known as Grice's Cooperative Principle. Using The Big Bang Theory they go over the four maxims on conversation which are; Maxim of Quality, Maxim of Quanity, Maxim of Relation, and Maxim of Manner.



When reading about the maxims in class, I honestly didn't really understand them too well. They all seemed pretty much the same and I really couldn't tell them apart. This video actually gave me a pretty good understanding of how they differ, not to mention how often the maxims are used in everyday life and not even noticed.



Well, that's all I've got today! Sorry it's so short! I'll see you all again in class on Thursday!



Signing off!



Juliana Mandile