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Conversational Implication 　　摘要：The term conversational implication was introduced by the philosopher H. Paul Grice，which is deduced on the basis of conventional meaning of words together with the context， under the guidance of the CP and its maxim. While CI reflects the intention of the speakers， so the speakers’ psychological motives， diction， tone and the structure they adopt must give more space to the hearers to interpret， however， whether CI can have great effect on the hearer or not， it will depend on the basic knowledge that the speaker and hearer share and the certain context. In literature， the authors pay more attention to the CI， and their works became and will become the wealth of the world. 　　关键词：CI context cooperative principle politeness principle the skills of the language psychological motives 　　CI （conversational implication） includes the natural meaning and the extra meaning in the certain context， which is comparable to the illocutionary force in the speech act. The realization of CI has a close relation with the context. CI should have conversational activities； any conversational activities consist of both speakers and hearers. As for it， Jacobins showed us the relation between them. 　　contact code 　　For example， the speaker says “Today is Sunday”； this sentence will have different meanings in the different context. If the hearer says “NO， it’s Saturday” ， then we will know the real meaning of the conversation is the statement of date， obviously the speaker is wrong； if the speaker is a child， and his father promised that he would drive his son to the zoo on Sunday， when his father heard his son’s words， he will know the implied meaning immediately； if the speaker is a poor student， and there will be an exam on Sunday， we will make clear the emotion of the speaker. So the context is the necessary element of CI， which gives the hearer different understanding to the same conversation. 　　The realization of the CI is under the guidance of th