 | John Morreall - 1983 - 158 pages
...following: 1. Make your contribution as informative as is required for the current purposes of the exchange. 2. Do not make your contribution more informative...say that for which you lack adequate evidence. 5. Avoid obscurity of expression. 6. Avoid ambiguity. 7. Be brief. 8. Be orderly. Now clearly, as children... | |
 | J. Bilmes - 1986 - 246 pages
..."maxims": 1 . Make your contribution as informative as is required (for the purpose of the exchange). 2. Do not make your contribution more informative...obscurity of expression. 7. Avoid ambiguity. 8. Be brief (avoid unnecessary prolixity). 9. Be orderly, (pp. 45-46) I find these maxims to be unsatisfactory... | |
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Make your contribution as informative as is required for the current purposes of the exchange. 2. Do not make your contribution more informative than is required. 3. Do not say what you believe to be false. 4. Do not say that for which you lack adequate... 