Twist of the Wind (Batchmate Series #1)

Chapter 25

"Linguist Paul Grice was the one who proposed the cooperative principles which were divided into four maxims of conversation: quantity, quality, manner and relation," Professor Miguel lectured with a stern voice.

"The first one is Maxim of quantity. Maxim of quantity means that. . . a person has to be informative. You have to give the specific and needed information and avoid uttering unnecessary words in a conversation. The second one is the Maxim of quality which means a person must be truthful to his. . . "

Nakita ko sa gilid ng aking mata kung paano ako sikuhin ni Marife habang sinusulat ang schedule ng subjects ngayong second semester.

"Van, ano 'to?" tanong niyang nakaturo sa papel ko.

"Culture iyan," bulong ko pabalik at binalik ang tingin kay Prof. Miguel na nagsasalita sa unahan.

She just nodded and said thank you.

"Cr tayo mamaya, ha?" she secretly whispered again.

Natawa ako nang bahagya at tumango. "Oo. Pero libre mo ako bukas ng pang snacks sa pageant, ha?"

Ngumuso siya sa akin kaya napatawa ako lalo. "Ikaw, ha nakakatatlo ka na sakin. Si Koven na lang muna manlibre sa'yo. Pass ako sa libre ngayon. Ang mahal kaya ng pagkain sa venue!"

"Popcorn na lang!" I replied.

"The second Linguist is Geoffrey Neil Leech who has a high contribution in Language Power as he proposed his Maxims of the Politeness Principle. There are six Politeness Principle he listed namely: tact, generosity, approbation, modesty, agreement and sympathy maxims." Prof. Miguel cleared his throat before uttering the next sentence and plastered a smile on his lips. "This is exciting."

"Ikaw lang nasisiyahan, sir," bulong ni Marife na kinatawa ko lang.

Ganyan lang naman siya magsalita pero may ibubuga sa acads.

"Okay, Let's start first at the Tact Maxim. Tact Maxim's motive is to test your strategy or techniques on how to say something to someone without uttering offensive words."

"Ano ba yan si sir, lagpas eleven na kaya," angal ni Marife sa tabi ko. "Lagi na lang tayo overtime kay sir."

I chuckled while my eyes still on Prof. "Tiis ka lang d'yan, Fe. Makakapagpahinga rin tayo."

Umikot ang mata niya sa akin. "Kainis talaga yung lesson plan ko hindi ko pa tapos, eh. Patingin ako mamaya ng template mo, ha? Nako, baka malate pa ako mamaya sa practice!"

Tumango ako rito habang sinusulat ang pinagsasabi ni sir sa unahan.

Since when she was nominated as the representative of CoE second year, puro complain na lang talaga ang naririnig namin sa kanya dahil nabibigatan siya sa heels na ginagamit niya.

Ayon, nanalo kasi siya nang ilaban namin siya sa ibang campus. Ngayon naman ay todo ang kaba niya dahil ilang araw na lang ay isasalang na siya para ilaban ang school namin.

Ibang universities pa naman ang makakatunggali niya!

"For instance the situation is this: You asked your classmate to answer the phone by saying 'Would you mind passing me the cup, please?' instead of saying 'Hey, pass me the cup'. As much as possible, iwasan mo yung salitang pwedeng maka-apekto sa taong kinakausap mo lalo na kung hindi naman kayo close. Do you understand?"

Agad kaming sumagot ng 'yes'. I saw in my peripheral vision Fe heaved a sigh like she's already stressing about the topic.

"Get one whole sheet of yellow pad, class," anunsyo ni Sir sa amin.

My classmates let out a loud groan. Napatawa naman si Sir.

"Sir, wag na, sir! Maawa ka samin tambak kami ng lesson plans!" Koven demanded.