Breaking Grice's cooperative maxims in humorous interactions : a pragma-stylistic study of Shaw's "Major Barbara"
Other Title(s)
انتهاك مبدأ (غرايس) في التفاعلات الفكاهية : دراسة أسلوبيه تداولية لمسرحية برنارد شو "ميجور باربارا"
Joint Authors
Abd al-Qadir, Intisar Adnan
Jumah, Taqwa Rashid
Source
Journal of Basrah Researches : Humanities
Issue
Vol. 43, Issue 1 (31 Mar. 2018), pp.42-59, 18 p.
Publisher
University of Basrah College of Education for Human Sciences
Publication Date
2018-03-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
18
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
The present study is an endeavor to illustrate how a pragmatic model is employed to analyse humorous conversations.
Grice's cooperative principle model and its four conversational maxims: Quantity, Quality, Relevance and Manner are traced to analyse characters' humorous interactions in Shaw's "Major Barbara".
The researchers handle all conversations along the play in which humour is created to show the extent to which Grice's conversational maxims are not observed by the characters and how humorous conversations break the basic rules that should be obeyed in frank conversations.
The results of the study display that the frequent type of the maxims broken in the investigated play is the maxim of quantity, and wit is the form of humour that most frequently created.
The study ends with some conclusions concerning the model used in the work.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abd al-Qadir, Intisar Adnan& Jumah, Taqwa Rashid. 2018. Breaking Grice's cooperative maxims in humorous interactions : a pragma-stylistic study of Shaw's "Major Barbara". Journal of Basrah Researches : Humanities،Vol. 43, no. 1, pp.42-59.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-834492
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abd al-Qadir, Intisar Adnan& Jumah, Taqwa Rashid. Breaking Grice's cooperative maxims in humorous interactions : a pragma-stylistic study of Shaw's "Major Barbara". Journal of Basrah Researches : Humanities Vol. 43, no. 1 (2018), pp.42-59.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-834492
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abd al-Qadir, Intisar Adnan& Jumah, Taqwa Rashid. Breaking Grice's cooperative maxims in humorous interactions : a pragma-stylistic study of Shaw's "Major Barbara". Journal of Basrah Researches : Humanities. 2018. Vol. 43, no. 1, pp.42-59.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-834492
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 57-58
Record ID
BIM-834492