Introduction Philosopher of linguistics, Paul Grice was one of the first linguistics to systematically address the difference between what is expressed literally in an expression and what is implied or suggested in the same sentence. Grice's article published in 1975 was popular because it was the first to address this problem and also because it established a clear framework with which he could characterize different expressions. Grice's theory consisted of 3 main subcategories; Conversational implicature, conventional implicature and generalized conversational implicature. Account of Grice's Basic Theory According to Grice there were two contrasting elements within a sentence, which combined to constitute the total meaning of an expression; “what is said” and “what is implied.” Grice never explained in full and detailed "what is being said", but nevertheless states that "given knowledge of the English language, but no knowledge of the circumstances of the utterance, one would know something about what the speaker said" (Grice 1975:25). By this he meant that after hearing the utterance the listener would understand or gain some sort of knowledge of what the speaker was saying even if it was not the intended meaning. For example, in [1] seeing it from the perspective of "what is said", the listener would believe that perhaps Anne's ex-husband is actually a usually thoughtful man and she says this with surprise.[1] Anne: My ex-husband just told me that he won't be able to take care of our daughter tomorrow after all. Bess: He's such a thoughtful man! The other half, “That which is implicated,” is what Grice calls Implicature. Grice coined this term, because he believed that the use of an already existing word could confuse people due to the wo...... middle of paper ......example of violation of a maxim of quality[15 ] Supervisor: Have you read the articles and write the literature review? Supervised: I certainly read the articles. They weren't hot![16] A: You stained my dress with red wine, stupid! B: No one will notice.[17] A: Did you like my presentation? B: The participation was impressive, right? The violation of a maxim consists in a speaker not observing the maxim, even if he has no intention of generating an implicature and no intention to deceive. This generally occurs due to imperfect linguistic performance, for example in the case of a young child of a foreigner, or even impaired linguistic performance, caused by excitement, disability, nervousness or drunkenness. A speaker gives up observing the maxim whenever he indicates an unwillingness to cooperate in the way required by the maxim.