Essays about: "Cooperative principle"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 21 essays containing the words Cooperative principle.

  1. 6. A leadership analysis of George Orwell's Animal Farm

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Assed Aranda; Jasper Mauro Karlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Leadership style; qualitative content analysis; crisis communication; politeness theory; cooperative principle; principled negotiation; framing;

    Abstract : This essay aims to research the writing of George Orwell by analysing the four main pigs in his novel Animal Farm from a linguistic and rhetorical perspective. The paper's purpose is to explore occurrences of chosen phenomena tied to linguistic and rhetorical theory, with the goal to create an understanding of how Orwell portrays his characters exercising leadership and how their communicative strategies differ or coincide. READ MORE

  3. 7. MASTER SUPPRESSION TECHNIQUES Linguistic Representation in the Movie Script Erin Brockovich

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Micaela Nilsson; [2021-02-16]
    Keywords : linguistics; domination techniques;

    Abstract : Master suppression techniques (MSTs) were defined by Ås in the 1970s (Ås, 1992). There are seven MSTs; making invisible, ridiculing, withholding information, double binding, heap blame or shame, force or threat of force and objectification. READ MORE

  4. 8. Commanding the Swedish roads : Non-verbal performatives in the grammar of road signs

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Ottilia Andersson; [2020]
    Keywords : road signs; speech act theory; linguistic landscape studies; cooperative principle; semiotics;

    Abstract : Road signs form a non-verbal semiotic system – by many encountered on a daily basis – that dictates the actions of the users of the road, in order to create a safe and efficient traffic environment. It is clear that road signs are not just ‘saying’ things but ‘doing’ something. READ MORE

  5. 9. Jokes are funny; murder is dramatic : A comparative study of the effects of breaking maxims in Fresh Prince of Bel Air and How to get away with murder

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Ämnesforskning

    Author : Elda Tosic; [2020]
    Keywords : conversational maxims; H.P Grice; cooperative principle; implicature; konversationmaximer; H.P Grice; sammarbetsprincipen; implikatur;

    Abstract : There are rules that regulate how conversation should be conducted, these are called conversational maxims. This paper aims to identify instances of breakings of the conversational maxims in the Tv-series Fresh Prince of Bel Air and How to get away with murder; one of which is a comedy series and the other a drama series. READ MORE

  6. 10. Resistance is Utile : a study of civil society organizing for public service regarding the Occupation of Sollefteå Hospital

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Mimmi Andersson Johansen; [2020]
    Keywords : resistance; occupation; discourse; biopower; identification; cultural heritage;

    Abstract : The declining access to public service is a concern for most rural areas in Sweden. This study aims to understand how civil society organize in order to maintain public service with the example of the occupation of Sollefteå Hospital. The protest opposes the closure of acute health care wards, most notably the maternity ward. READ MORE