The British linguist Geoffrey Leech thinks that he has moelified the Cooperative Principle put forward by Grice, an American philosopher with the Politeness Principle. In doing so he can explain why speakers do not always observe the Gricean maxims.

• 英国语言学家杰弗里·利奇在《语用学原则》一书中认为他提出的“礼貌原则”是对美国哲学家格莱斯所提出的语用中的“合作原则”的补救 ,这样他便可以解释为什么人们有时说话时不遵守“合作原则”所体现的四条准则。