Contextual Background
After Ali’s father’s consent Ishaan starts coaching Ali. One day Ali comes late for practice. Ishaan gives him a brand new bat but Ali is not interested in that and asks Ishaan if he can go early that day because there is a marble competition in his pol. Ishaan orders Ali to do his rounds then they start cricket practice but Ali loses concentration on practice because he wants to go for marble tournament. Ishaan tries to stop Ali for practice but it does not happen. Ishaan tries to convince Ali that no marble player has become great after playing marbles. On this Ali replies that Ishaan has played so much cricket but become nothing.
Implicature Analysis
Ali shows his disinterestedness through …show more content…
Further, she introduces herself and tells them that her school does not have a good sports equipment supplier. At this point of time she observes maxim of quality and suggests that she is looking for a sports supplier and expecting them to provide good service. Later, she informs them what the other suppliers have done with them. Here she seems violating maxim of quantity. It suggests that she does not expect them to do the same with her school. Then she asks them whether they supply to schools. Govind in the narrative makes it clear that they do not supply to school but tells her that they supply to schools and violates maxim of quality. He further provides more information that they have inhouse advisor Ishaan who is an ex- district level player. This seems violation of maxim of quantity on the one hand and observance of maxim of quality on the other hand because Ishaan is a sports advisor and it is true and this implies that they can provide sports equipments as well as sports training to the students too. The reason behind telling this is to take benefit of this situation and make some money out of …show more content…
Ishaan takes benefit of the opportunity and asks Fred to test Ali. He tells them that he will bowl only four balls. Ali surprises Fred with his batting skills. Fred tells them that Ali has got talent, he just needs training and improvement in stamina then he will make a good player. Then Ishaan tells him the truth that they do not run a business but a small sports shop and they have taken this risk to get Ali checked by the best in the world. This seems observance of maxim of approbation and suggests that for Ishaan nobody apart from Australian player is best in the world. This is a kind of flattery that Ishaan makes so that Fred does not tell their secret to the security. Further, Fred asks them to come to Australia if they want to test Ali’s skills which violates modesty maxim as it is self praise. It indirectly hints that Australia is the only cricket team which is the best in the world and they cannot test Ali’s skills elsewhere but Australia. Then Fred asks them how much big their business is. This suggests them if they are able to come to Australia. Ishaan tells him that their business is small and the tickets to Australia are expensive. Here Ishaan observes maxim of relation and modesty which suggests that they are unable to come to Australia. At that moment, Fred tells them that with the help of his ex-girlfriend he might be able to help them. This violates maxim of quantity and