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Meaning of cooperative principle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The idea that listeners and speakers need to cooperate in order to communicate effectively.
  2. A theory of how listeners and speakers cooperate to communicate with language.

Examples

“Our talk⟳ exchanges do not normally consist⟳ of a succession of disconnected remarks, and would not be rational if they did. They are characteristically, to some degree at least, cooperative efforts [...] One might label⟳ this the Cooperative Principle.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Cooperatively Cooperativeness Cooperatives cooperativism cooperativist cooperativity

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