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No. of Flouts
33
35
30
25
20 15
15 11
10
5 1
0
Quantity Quality Relation Manner
Instances of the Occurrences of Flouting
Flouted Examples
Maxims
Tony : “I'll tell you what. Next building's gonna say 'Potts' on the
tower.”
Relation Pepper : “On the lease.”
Tony : “...Call your mom, can you bunk over?”
Irony Steve : “You know, you may not be a threat, but you better stop
- Sarcasm pretending to be a hero.”
Tony : “A hero? Like you? You're a laboratory experiment, Rogers.
Everything special about you came out of a bottle!”
(01:10:40 → 01:10:51)
Hyperbole Nick Fury : “Agent Romanoff, could you show Dr. Banner to his
laboratory, please.”
Natasha : “You're gonna love it, Doc. We got all the toys.”
(00:35:50 → 00:36:00)
Banter Pepper : “We’ve got to go wider on the public awareness
campaign. You need to do some press. I’m in DC tomorrow, I'm
working on the zoning for the next three buildings.”
Tony : “Pepper, you're killing me. The moment, remember?
Enjoy the moment.” (00:24:01 → 00:24:11)
Flouting of The Maxim of Quantity
Speakers deliberately give too much or too little
information than is needed within a conversation.
Function Example
Withholding Banner : “And your actress buddy, is she a spy too? Do they
Information start that young?”
Stressing Loki : “I don't threaten, but until I open the doors, until your
Something force is mine to command, you are but words.”
The Other : “You will have your war, Asgardian. If you fail, if the
Tesseract is kept from us, there will be no realm, no barren
moon, no crevice where he can't find you. You think you know
pain? He will make you long for something as sweet as pain.”
(00:30:45 → 00:31:31)
Change Topic Tony : “I'll tell you what. Next building's gonna say 'Potts' on
the tower.”
Function Example
Be obscure Agent Coulson : “Natasha. Barton's been compromised.”