Thèse--Faculté de droit de Bordeaux. / "Bibliographie": p. [143]-145.

Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Queensland, 2005. / Includes bibliography.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--West Virginia University, 2006. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 102 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-87).

Zugl.: Paderborn, Universiẗat, Diss., 1999.

Darmstadt, Techn. University, Diss., 2000.

Braunschweig, Techn. University, Diss., 2000.

Duisburg, Essen, Universiẗat, Diss., 2003.

Techn. Universiẗat, Diss., 2001--Braunschweig.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (May 15, 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

The purpose of this study is to examine the language of literary texts based on the pragmatic theories; Cooperative Principle and Grice's maxims. The researcher collected data from a science fiction novel, The Giver by Los Lowry. The findings reveal that most of the time, Lowry made the characters disobey Grice's maxims and the Cooperative Principle. Observance of the maxims was less than failure to observe the maxims. Lowry had her characters fail to observe the maxims for specific purposes such as generating new implicatures, hiding the truth for a period, or persuading and convincing the readers about a message Lowry wanted to convey.