User talk:Dec150/sandbox

Hi Dec150! We will be working together for editing "Implicatures". We will use your sandbox to make our edits. --Splacanica (talk) 18:01, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

Zehra's Peer Review
1. I think you did a good job of explaining conversational and scalar implicature separately. The structure is very clear, with a definition, followed by examples and a quick recap at the end.

2. Some changes I would consider would be to watch for overcomplicated sentence structure. One example is in your description of scalar implicatures, you say they “flout the understanding of amount.” I think a better way to describe what scalar implicature do is to say that it can also be called a quantity maxim because it’s implicit meaning goes beyond the simple semantics, which suggests there was a reason for the speaker not using a more informative term. I think it is important to emphasize that the speaker is purposely using a term to imply something about the amount.

3. I think the most important change to focus on in your article is the clarity of your examples. It would be useful to provide direct quotations instead of describing a scenario, so the reader knows exactly why the response is flouting a certain maxim. For example, in the second example for conversational implicature, instead of saying “a group of five people are deciding on who to carpool,” you can say the speaker asks the hearer, “Who should carpool?” and the hearer responds, “My car fits about three people.” This will make it clearer how the response is not giving a direct answer to the question asked. Also, I think it would help to provide an example for flouting each maxim. A good example for the maxim of relation might be a scenario where Mary is supposed to meet her husband for dinner, so she texts and asks him, “How much longer will you be?” His response is, “Order drinks without me.” This does not seem to answer the question at all, since it doesn’t have anything to do with the amount of time he will take to get there, but the conversational implicature of his statement is that he will be a while. Zehrahusnain (talk) 01:16, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Zehra, thank you so much for this review! Your tips are very helpful!! Splacanica (talk) 16:19, 4 April 2018 (UTC)