Essays about: "the Gricean Cooperative Principle"

Found 5 essays containing the words the Gricean Cooperative Principle.

1. 1. Public Communication in a Pandemic : Language in COVID‐19 public health advertising

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Petra Rindby; [2023]
   Keywords : COVID-19; pragmatics; speech act theory; cooperative principle; implicature; Gricean maxims; advertising; PSA; public information; COVID-19; pragmatik; talakter; samarbetsprincipen; kommunikation; reklam; samhällsinformation;

   Abstract : This linguistic study in the field of pragmatics looked at the language used by public health authorities in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States to inform citizens about COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021. It made a qualitative analysis of advertisements that were posted on Instagram by the Department of Health and Aged Care, the National Health Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in relation to COVID-19 during this time frame. READ MORE

3. 2. Conversational Implicature for Language Teachers: Reading between the lines in John Marsden's Tomorrow, when the war began

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska; Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Alva Thyr; [2023]
   Keywords : Grice’s maxims; conversational implicature; Grice s theory; reading between the lines; teaching reading; English teaching; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate how John Marsden’s Tomorrow, when the war began (1993) could be used for reading-between-the-lines practice in the English language classroom. It answers questions relating to how reading between the lines can be understood in relation to Grice’s cooperative principle, the effects of implicature in the text and how teachers can use this information to facilitate reading between-the-lines practice. READ MORE

4. 3. Gricean Maxims and ASD Individuals on TV : A pragmatic analysis of individuals with ASD and their sensitivity to Gricean Maxims

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Lärarutbildningen

   Author : Alice Ann Mikha; [2023]
   Keywords : Autism; ASD; Atypical; the Gricean Cooperative Principle; maxims; flouting; pragmatics; autistic disorder; language understanding; neuropsychiatric disabilities; education;

   Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to examine the way the flouting of the Gricean maxims is used to portray a fictional character with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). This study analyzes a character named Sam Gardner from the television series Atypical. READ MORE

5. 4. 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

6. 5. IrRelevant and Chaotic or Indeed Relatively Cooperative? : A Gricean comparison of chatroom and face-to-face interaction

   University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

   Author : Elisabeth Hals; [2006]
   Keywords : Computer-mediated communication; cooperative principle; face-to-face conversation; Grice; IRC; maxims of conversation; relevance;

   Abstract : Chatroom conversations often elicit an initial impression of chaos. This is probably chiefly due to disrupted adjacency sequences, but also a result of the language being rich in non-standard linguistic forms and grammar. READ MORE