Essays about: "flouting of maxims"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words flouting of maxims.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to Irony

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Simon Torffvit; [2022]
    Keywords : irony; humor; principle of relevance; literature teaching; English as a Foreign Language; EFL; maxims of conversation; close reading; The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In this paper, I explore how Douglas Adams’ comedic 1979 science-fiction novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy could be used to improve English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ understanding of irony. Specifically, the study is based on criteria for the English 5 course in Swedish upper secondary school and is performed using a combined theoretical framework of Dan Sperber and Deidre Wilson’s principle of relevance and Paul Grice’s maxims of conversation. READ MORE

  4. 3. Breaking maxims in a crime drama : A study on non-observances of maxims in crime drama Blindspot

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Frida Vik; [2021]
    Keywords : conversational maxims; H.P. Grice; implicature; flouting; co-operative principle;

    Abstract : The conversational maxims are guidelines to how a conversation should be conducted, but sometimes these maxims can be broken for different reasons. The aim of this thesis is to identify breakings of the conversational maxims in the crime drama Blindspot and to study which maxims are broken, for what purpose the maxims are broken and if there are any changes to the number of maxims broken between different seasons of the series. READ MORE

  5. 4. Flouting the maxims in scripted speech : An analysis of flouting the maxims of conversation in the television series Firefly

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Peter Szczepanski; [2015]
    Keywords : conversational maxims; cooperative principle; H.P. Grice; flouting; implicature;

    Abstract : Although conversations in television shows are supposed to mimic and represent everyday natural speech, they are written for a specific purpose. The aim of this paper is to find out what maxims are flouted the most in the television series Firefly and analyse what the effects of these flouts are. READ MORE

  6. 5. Flouting the maxims in comedy : An analysis of flouting in the comedy series Community

    University essay from Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Niclas Andresen; [2014]
    Keywords : Conversational maxims; comedy; flouting of maxims; H.P Grice; implicature;

    Abstract : This paper explores how flouting of the Gricean maxims is used to create comedy in the television series Community.  The aim of the paper is to find out what maxims are flouted the most to create comedy and what maxims the different characters flout in order to create comedy. READ MORE