# 47: We Need to Talk About Grice (with Rikker Dockum)

An episode of [Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392), 20 Feb 2022, 1 h 14 min.

Audio: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/47a_grice.mp3?dest-id=897956

Every Linguistics 101 student knows about HP Grice and his famous Maxims. They state that dialogue is usually cooperative — and when it doesn't appear to be, they explain how we manage to work out meaning anyway. But linguists are questioning the applicability and universality of these rules. Is it time for a reappraisal of Grice? We're joined by Rikker Dockum on this episode of Because Language.

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