Politeness Principle
Politeness Theory
as a Rescue to Maxims/Flout CP /Maxims
Face/FTAs/ Off-record Politeness
Conversational Implicature Deduction
Maim Influencing
Background of the Study Purpose and Significance of the Study
Research Methodology Organization of the Thesis
2 Literature Review
Previous Studies on
the Cooperative Principle
• 3) Flouting the Maxim of Relevance and generating conversational implicature
• It states “Make your contribution such as it is required, at the stage at which it occurs, by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange in which you are engaged.”
• I) Flouting the Maxim of Quantity and generating conversational implicature
• 2) Flouting the Maxim of Quality and generating conversational implicature
Framework
Abstract Introduction Literature Review
Theoretical Framework Conversational Implicature
in Sense and Sensibility
Comclusion
Introduction
1 Introduction
Abstract
In this thesis, the author attempts to analyze conversational implicature in Sense and Sensibility from the perspectives of Cooperative Principle and the politeness theory, then achieves some significances.
Firstly, the authorics reflected from the dialogues of characters, which is benefit to enhance people’s understanding of this novel.
the
Jane Austen and her
Politeness Theories Sense and Sensibility
Abroad and at Home
Summary
3 Theoretical Framework
Theoretical Framework
Cooperative Principle
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2) QUALITY: Try to make your contribution one
that is true.
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3) RELATION: Be relevant.
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4) MANNER: Be perspicuous.
3.1.2 Flouting the Maxims
• However, in actual human interaction, not all the people in the conversation obey these rules. They even violate the maxims deliberately.
Last but not the least, the analyzing of dialogues in the novel may help people flexibly and appropriately employ the politeness principles or politeness strategies to facilitate the communicative effects and maintain the stable and harmonious relationship in human interaction.
3.1.1 Four Maxims of the Cooperative
Principle
• The CP contains four related maxims:
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I) QUANTITY: Try to make the information of
your contribution be appropriate
Moreover, the analysis in this thesis is useful for people to master and apply these theories. Meanwhile, it also proves the validity of using pragmatic theories to study the implicature in literary works.
Factors
Relationship
Summary
3.1 Grice’s Cooperative Principle
• The CP is a set of assumed maxims, which should be followed by both sides who hope to understand the other better in conversation.