Gricean Maxims, Violations, and Cooperation: An Analytical Study of Discourse
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https://doi.org/10.51699/mjssh.v2i11.724Keywords:
Gricean Maxims, DiscourseAbstract
This research explores the notion of the Gricean maxims, conditions of violations or infringements, and applicability in discourse. Grice (1975) developed his views on language concerned with the relationship between direct and indirect speech acts and the concept that you could 'do' things with words. Grice discussed the distinction between saying and meaning and how the mechanism behind this process works. This article examines the relevance, applicability, and interruption of the Gricean cooperative principle in discourse. The Gricean notion of maxims is an abstract rule and pattern that the member of the society follows consciously or unconsciously during the conversation. The article finds that maxims are applicable in discourse with certain constraints that are context-specific and inferential meaning of discourse or conversation.
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