COURTESY AND ACCURACY
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https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.lyl.14523Keywords:
truthfulness, verbal communication, conversational cooperation principle, quality maxim, ironyAbstract
the truthfulness performs a primordial inter-subjective function in the verbal communication. This can be considered as the prototypical manifestation of conversational cooperation principle such it is expressed in the quality maxim. In western cultures, individual`s positive image is assessed on the virtue of its tendency to respect the maxim. Therefore, the language users trend to emphasize the truthful character of their contributions to the verbal interchange. Moreover, an attitude, that is possible described such as self-courtesy or self-affirmation, is showed. The truthfulness plays its role no only when the quality maximis met but also when it is not. In the latter case, it is frequent that diverse conversational implicatures are generated, among them, the irony.
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