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1	Terror and Evil in Iraq : A Study of Political Discourse Dekavalla, Georgia January 2009 (has links) <p>Abstract</p><p>This paper aims to determine the validity of the hypothesis that the effective and eloquent use of language can result in shaping beliefs and altering people’s perception of certain phenomena. In order to explore this hypothesis, a speech given by George W. Bush concerning the Iraq war is examined, followed by a brief study of two corpora, the Time Magazine Corpus and the Corpus of Contemporary American English, where the collocationpatterns of the words Iraq, evil and terror are examined. The paper starts by presenting the main concepts upon which this study is based, i.e. mental frames, the co-operative principle and conversational maxims and finally, various rhetoric devices. An analysis section follows, where George Bush’s speech is examined with the help of the concepts mentioned above and the analysis continues with the corpora-study. One of the conclusions drawn in this study is that, indeed, it is possible that language can be successfully used in order to achieve political means, and that there seems to be a shift in the American public’s perception of concepts such as Iraq and terror, visible in the use of language. However, it cannot be said with certainty whether the Bush Administration has managed to dominate public discourse, through a study as minor as this one.</p> mental frames purport the co-operative principle maxims of conversation rhetoric devices implicature Iraq terror evil Linguistics Lingvistik English language Engelska språket
2	Breaking maxims in a crime drama : A study on non-observances of maxims in crime drama Blindspot Vik, Frida January 2021 (has links) The conversational maxims are guidelines to how a conversation should be conducted, but sometimes these maxims can be broken for different reasons. The aim of this thesis is to identify breakings of the conversational maxims in the crime drama Blindspot and to study which maxims are broken, for what purpose the maxims are broken and if there are any changes to the number of maxims broken between different seasons of the series. The results show that the maxim of quantity is most frequently broken in the episode from season one and the maxim of quality is broken most frequently in the episodes from season three and five. Some of the reasons for the breakings are sarcasm used for a comedic effect, not giving enough information to keep the viewers in suspense and as a way to change the subject or focus of a conversation. conversational maxims H.P. Grice implicature flouting co-operative principle General Language Studies and Linguistics
3	Terror and Evil in Iraq : A Study of Political Discourse Dekavalla, Georgia January 2009 (has links) Abstract This paper aims to determine the validity of the hypothesis that the effective and eloquent use of language can result in shaping beliefs and altering people’s perception of certain phenomena. In order to explore this hypothesis, a speech given by George W. Bush concerning the Iraq war is examined, followed by a brief study of two corpora, the Time Magazine Corpus and the Corpus of Contemporary American English, where the collocationpatterns of the words Iraq, evil and terror are examined. The paper starts by presenting the main concepts upon which this study is based, i.e. mental frames, the co-operative principle and conversational maxims and finally, various rhetoric devices. An analysis section follows, where George Bush’s speech is examined with the help of the concepts mentioned above and the analysis continues with the corpora-study. One of the conclusions drawn in this study is that, indeed, it is possible that language can be successfully used in order to achieve political means, and that there seems to be a shift in the American public’s perception of concepts such as Iraq and terror, visible in the use of language. However, it cannot be said with certainty whether the Bush Administration has managed to dominate public discourse, through a study as minor as this one. mental frames purport the co-operative principle maxims of conversation rhetoric devices implicature Iraq terror evil General Language Studies and Linguistics Specific Languages Studier av enskilda språk
4	The relevance of the speech act theory to Buzani Kubawo Scheckle, Linda Ann 10 1900 (has links) Austin's Speech Act Theory is a valuable tool for the analysis of a literary text. In interaction, the intentionand purpose-success of linguistic communication can be gauged by establishing whether participants have met felicity conditions and have respected maxims. When the Co-operative Principle is ignored, special effects are achieved and receivers can only make sense of utterances through implicature and inferences based on background knowledge and mutual contextual beliefs. In the drama, Buzani kubawo, characters interact on four levels of time in space and place. They reveal themselves and convey theme through their speech and actions. Conflict is entrenched by lines of force drawn between opposing characters and between sub-worlds contrasted. Cohesion, determined by plot structure, and form, expressed on the endophoric and exophoric levels, give meaning to the drama. The micro-analysis of the wedding scene illustrates how communication can misfire should the playwright allow it! / African Languages / M.A. (African languages) Communication Intention Purpose Implicature Felicity conditions Maxims Co-operative principle Principle of literalness Inferences Illocutionary (speech) acts Perlocutionary effects Conflict Unity I coherence Drama Decoders Mutual contextual beliefs Function 896.398522 TAMS SCHE 896.398522 Tamsanqa, Witness K. Buzani ku, awo. Reader-response criticism. Speech acts (Linguistics) Communication -- Psychological aspects. Discourse analysis Reader-response criticism Speech acts (Linguistics) Communication -- Psychological aspects Discourse analysis, Literary Connotation (Linguistics) Drama -- History and criticism Social interaction in literature Communication and culture -- Africa Intention (Logic) in literature Tamsanqa, Witness K. -- Buzani ku, awo
5	The relevance of the speech act theory to Buzani Kubawo Scheckle, Linda Ann 10 1900 (has links) Austin's Speech Act Theory is a valuable tool for the analysis of a literary text. In interaction, the intentionand purpose-success of linguistic communication can be gauged by establishing whether participants have met felicity conditions and have respected maxims. When the Co-operative Principle is ignored, special effects are achieved and receivers can only make sense of utterances through implicature and inferences based on background knowledge and mutual contextual beliefs. In the drama, Buzani kubawo, characters interact on four levels of time in space and place. They reveal themselves and convey theme through their speech and actions. Conflict is entrenched by lines of force drawn between opposing characters and between sub-worlds contrasted. Cohesion, determined by plot structure, and form, expressed on the endophoric and exophoric levels, give meaning to the drama. The micro-analysis of the wedding scene illustrates how communication can misfire should the playwright allow it! / African Languages / M.A. (African languages) Communication Intention Purpose Implicature Felicity conditions Maxims Co-operative principle Principle of literalness Inferences Illocutionary (speech) acts Perlocutionary effects Conflict Unity I coherence Drama Decoders Mutual contextual beliefs Function 896.398522 TAMS SCHE 896.398522 Tamsanqa, Witness K. Buzani ku, awo. Reader-response criticism. Speech acts (Linguistics) Communication -- Psychological aspects. Discourse analysis Reader-response criticism Speech acts (Linguistics) Communication -- Psychological aspects Discourse analysis, Literary Connotation (Linguistics) Drama -- History and criticism Social interaction in literature Communication and culture -- Africa Intention (Logic) in literature Tamsanqa, Witness K. -- Buzani ku, awo

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