The Co-operative principle and Implicature Done by Ihtiyorjon (이튼)

The maxim of quality / Example

Imagine this,

a husband asking his spendthrift wife how much she spends on the dress? the assumption behind that question is that she spent a lot, but she answered not much! Which is a lie because she always spend a lot on buying clothes. So, we can clearly say that she violated the maxim of quality.

The maxim of quantity / Example

Mum: how was your first day at school?

Sara: Fine!

• Here the mother asked her daughter a question, and she expected her daughter to give her more details about her first day at school. But, the daughter violates the maxim of quantity by giving her information less than required.
• But what about if the daughter answered her mother's question by giving her information more than required. Mentioning every and each detail even unnecessary ones, also, in that case she is violating the maxim of quantity by giving her information more than required