Topic 12 - Meaning between the lines (Session A) > Practising Gricean Analysis > Task B

Practising Gricean Analysis

Task B - 'I've got a meeting at 3.30'

Two married university lecturers are talking about who is going to get the children from school.

What maxim does B flout and what implicature follows from it?

A: Who is picking up the children today?
B: I've got a meeting at 3.30.

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