Essays about: "maxim of quality"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words maxim of quality.

1. 1. The role of the Countries' Institutional Quality on the relationship between Companies' Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Financial Performance

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhet

   Author : Isadora Siqueira Mafra; Roberto Carlos Imme Junior; [2023]
   Keywords : ESG; financial performance; institutional quality;

   Abstract : It is known that ESG (environmental, social, and corporate governance) performance positively influences the company's financial performance. However, little attention has been paid to macro elements that can moderatethis relationship. 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. Gricean Maxims in the TV Series The Office : An analysis of the character Dwight regarding failure to observe Gricean maxims

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

   Author : Johan Lööf; [2018]
   Keywords : humor; The Office; Grice s maxims; conversational maxims; violation of maxims.; humor; The Office; Grices maximer; Grices samtalsmaximer; överträdelse av maximer.;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to analyze the rule breaking of Gricean conversational Maxims and how it is used in the TV series The Office. The character Dwight has been in focus, and the main goal of this study is to find out if and how he violates the Gricean Maxims in conversations. READ MORE

6. 5. 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