From the Floutings of the Cooperative Principle,to Communicative Competence, and to the Function of Context in Conversation

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…the challenge might be the germ that later burgeons into Sperber and Wilson's "Relevance Theory", which, excluding any principles or maxims, constructs the whole theoretical system with a few simple and loose points of view. Bibliography 1. He, Ziran (1997): Pragmatics and English Learning, Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, Shanghai 2. Dai, Weidong & He, Zhaoxiong, & Hua Jun (1984): A Concise Course on Linguistics for Students of English, Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, Shanghai 3. Kempson, R. (1975): Pragmatics, Cambridge Press, Cambridge