Which conversational maxim is violated in this utterance? In the classroom, the students are noisy; the teacher spoke loud, “Class, I really appreciate your behaving quietly today. You see we can smoothly and clearly discuss our lesson.”
A. Quality
B. Quantity
C. Relation
D. Manner
Answer:A
Which conversational maxim is violated in this utterance? In the classroom, the students are noisy; the teacher spoke loud, “Class, I really appreciate your behaving quietly today. You see we can smoothly and clearly discuss our lesson.”
A. Quality B. Quantity C. Relation D. Manner