B. Nerlich tells me that she was in Oxford reading Clarke's book, and Clarke comes in. They married and had a child. And she runs the FLN. Anyway, I too have that book by Clarke.
Clarke was a student of Argyle. And Argyle is _the_ psychologist to consider when doing Grice.
Clarke has this conversation in his book -- he'll later provides goal-schemata for each conversationalist, so beware!
CASUAL CONVERSATION
between A and B
The Gricean schemata
alla Converational Implicature
in terms of goal-driven modelling:
B: Hello I'm back.
A: Hi. How was the day?
B: Bad as usual. Got a lota stuff. Never seem
to have any spare evening these days to
send brilliant posts to Phil-Lit or nothing.
A: Mmm. I DID: sent 3 brilliants posts!
Ah. BTW, the landlord rang me up.
B: Mmm
A: Seems he came on Chooseday & found the
flat unlocked.
B: Really?
A: Very cross 'bout it he was, too.
He said flat was in an absolute mess, too.
I mean: Chooseday was the day *you* had
the whole morning off, right-o?
B: Blast. I guess I did forget
to lock the door.
A: Mmm. Well *'e* was angry.
B: Couldn't have been much mess.
Only the breakfast things probably.
B: Well HE said the beds were real untidy.
everything about too, lyin' on the floor
& all.
A: Well it's not his bloody business to get in
people's bedrooms surely is it.
B: mmm.
A: I mean. I'm sorry I left the door unlocked.
And *he*'s got a complaint there but it's none of his
bloody business whether my bed happens to be untidy,
is it.
B: Well. 'e was NASTY to me. Threatened to bring in
cleaners ev'ry week & all. & make me pay for them!
A: Well, I AM sorry, aren't I.
Yet, don't know what the heck HE's on about, though.
Just an unmade bed
& clothes
& papers all over the place.
Nothing that needs cleaners I'd say.
Goal plan for A: (I'm linearising what Clarke has in a hierarchical diagram).
1. more sleep & less drink
in order to reduce stress
2. avoid eviction
3. Reduce stress & avoid eviction
in order to make B be tidy
4. Avoid eviction in order to
continue pay the rent
5. continue pay the rent in order to
get B to stay, or else
6. find new partner
7. If 6, take in stranger
(but A does not want to take in stranger)
8. Take in friend
9. But friends are all fixed up.
10. Make B tidy to explain problem
11. Make B tidy to persuade B to cooperate
12. get B to stay via either threat
13. Or complain
GOAL plan for B:
1. cope with pressure from work to
reduce stress
2. Avoid A's drinking to leave A.
3. Get place of own to leave A.
4. Want no nagging from A which leads
to leaving A
5. So that B can cope with job
6. Or change job
7. Or reduce toad of domestic chores
8. By either getting A to do chores
9. Or get a domestic
10. stop A nagging.
11. Not want to let A down
12. which would lead to guilt.
13. & may aggravate A's stress drinking
14. Stop A nagging by explaining problem
15. or else threaten A
16. Or just persuade A to stop nagging.
--- Etc.
Apres Grice: "In our model, conversation is seen as a game. Each utterance is a move in a game. Each participant is allowed one move per turn. Each move is driven by a goal. Conversation is not a zero-sum game. At each stage of the conversation, my maxims are supposed to honour the end of the game, etc."
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