Class 4/9

In class we spent time discussing maxims of the cooperative principle in small groups.  That was pretty easy, and fun.  We also discussed/defined different speech acts and then shared our thoughts with the large group.  We played a game at the end that was pretty fun.  Dr. Smidt showed us different speech acts and we had to identify whether they were representatives, commissives, directives, declarations, expressives, or verdictives.  I got a few wrong because I was trying to beat Kurt at typing and didn't think about it long enough!  :)  He was really good at the game.  It was useful to guess though, and Dr. Smidt's explanations were really helpful for my understanding.