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This essay reexamines the content‐relationship distinction in relational communication research. Based on H. Paul Grice's concept of implicature, it proposes a model which stipulates that communicators mutually assume and expect that content will be appropriate to the nature of their relationship and the situation in which they communicate. Implications of the model for future research are explored.
King et al. (Wed,) studied this question.