Analyzing the Application of Cooperative Principle
In Business Letters
2.1.1 Business Letters’ Important Role in Business Communication. 4
2.1.2 Business Letters’ Features. 4
2.2 The Cooperative Principle. 7
2.2.1 Definition of Cooperative Principle and its Maxims. 7
2.2.2 Violation of the Maxims. 9
3.1 The Maxim of Quantity in Business Letters. 12
3.2 The Maxim of Quality in Business Letters. 14
3.3 The Maxim of Relation in Business Letters. 15
3.4 The Maxim of Manner in Business Letters. 16
4.1 Context-Quotation Letter. 19
4.2 The Cooperative Principle in the Case. 20
4.2.1 Analyzing the Violation of Quantity Maxim in the Case. 20
4.2.2 The Reason for Violation of Quantity Maxim in the Case. 21
4.2.3 The Reasons for Quality Maxim Almost Never Be Violated. 21
4.2.4 The Reasons for Relation Maxim Seldom Be Violated. 22
4.2.5 The Reasons for Manner Maxim Seldom Be Violated. 22