If a speaker said “I love what you have done to your hair” a…
If a speaker said “I love what you have done to your hair” and the person they are talking to has just gotten gum stuck in their hair, this would be an example of . In this case, the speaker has intentionally used the sentence to convey something different that the literal meaning of the words. This is called flouting of Grice’s maxim of quality, and indicates that the speaker has intentionally violated literal expectations.