Essays about: "Grice s cooperative principle"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Grice s cooperative principle.

1. 1. 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

3. 2. Shakespeare's Language : Styles and meanings in King Lear relating to power

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

   Author : Marianne Vifell Waters; [2023]
   Keywords : Early Modern English; Shakespeare; King Lear; social rank; gender; power; possession; Semantic and Pragmatic theories.;

   Abstract : This is a linguistic study that will apply theories as a way of understanding the contexts of aspects of the play King Lear by William Shakespeare, as they relate to the possession, and exercise of power. It focuses on targeting and exploring the language of the play and how it impacts characters’ behaviour to gain or sustain power. READ MORE

4. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. Does Gender Influence the Way People Provide and Receive Politeness? : A Research Study on the Differences or Similarities Between Gender and Linguistic Politeness

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

   Author : Saga Thellman; [2018]
   Keywords : Gender; Politeness Principle; Cooperative Principle; Negative face; Positive face;

   Abstract : This essay examines the relation between gender and adherence to Brown and Levinson's Politeness Principle. Women and men tend to use language for different purposes and for the purpose of achieving various goals. In order to examine this relation, a research study was conducted. READ MORE