单项选择题
A: What do you think of James B: A fine day, isn’t it In the dialogue, B’s answer flouts which of the four maxims of CP().
A. The maxim of quality. B. The maxim of quantity. C. The maxim of manner. D. The maxim of relation.
A. It was first noted by the British linguist John Firth. B. It is generally considered as constituted by the knowledge shared by the speaker and the hearer. C. It determines the speaker’s use of language and also the hearer’s interpretation of what is said to him. D. It is essential to the syntactic study of language.
A. Swearing. B. Suggesting. C. Undertaking. D. Apologizing.