_Pragmatics

Cooperation and Implicature

Does your dog bite?

Watch the following movie scene from Pink Panther Strikes Again and pay particular attention to the conversation that takes place after Peter Sellers, as Inspector Clouseau, leaves the front desk of the hotel (00:50 - 1:17).

Obviously, one of the the problems in this scenario has to do with communication. Try to specify what "went wrong".

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