Essays about: "maxims of conversation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words maxims of conversation.

1. 1. 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

3. 2. Teaching Interpretation Through the Epistolary Novel: Using Bram Stoker’s Dracula to Teach Literary Interpretation in the Swedish Upper Secondary EFL Classroom

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Erik Hed; [2022]
   Keywords : teaching interpretation; epistolary novel; Dracula; English as a foreign language; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This essay examines how Swedish English as foreign language (EFL) students in the English 7 course can be taught textual interpretation skills through working with fiction in the classroom, using Bram Stoker’s 1897 epistolary novel Dracula as an example novel. A qualitative text analysis of Stoker’s novel was conducted, using Grice’s maxims of conversation and the concept of focalization, to determine the extent to which Dracula is suitable teaching material for the development of students’ interpretation skills. READ MORE

4. 3. 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

5. 4. 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

6. 5. 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