Abstract

VIOLATING AND FLOUTING GRICES COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLES IN MILLERS PLAY : DEATH OF THE SALESMAN

Bushra Farhood Khudhaiyer Al-Aameri, Prof. Dr. Abdulkareem Fadhil Jamil

Volume: 10 Issue: 4 2020

Abstract:

Communication is definitely the main objective of any language. The communication process involves a complex verbal behaviour where the participants have to accommodate a variety of interconnected factors before meaning can be generated. In this study the Cooperative Principles and its four maxims are investigated to explain how they are violated and flouted in literary texts. The data of this study are some selected quotations from the play "Death of the Salesman" by Arthur Miller. A qualitative analysis was employed to elicit data analysis. Findings revealed that all Grice's cooperative principle and the maxims were frequently violated and flouted in the play. In the final section, the study has drawn out some conclusions.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrssh.v10i04.002

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