Document Type : Research original ,Regular Article

Authors

• Maryam Mehrabi ¹
• Raheleh Gandomkar ²

¹ M.A. in General Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Persian Literature & Foreign Languages, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran.

² Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Member of the Interdisciplinary Research Center of Language and Literature, Faculty of Persian Literature & Foreign Languages, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran.  

Abstract

Grice’s cooperative principles are about how language is used between human beings, and it is based on the fact that speakers must play their part in the conversation properly based on the intended purpose. Grice has introduced four maxims of Quantity, Quality, Relation and Manner. The main objectives of the present study are to investigate the function of Grice’s Maxims in the quality of text interpretation, examining the degree of disorder in text interpretation in case of flouting Maxims and the extent of flouting Maxims by men and women in The Salesman movie. This research is based on Grice’s theory of cooperative principles and in the framework of perceptual approach, and it is descriptive-analytical and fundamental. A selection of dialogues of The Salesman's movie have been used as data in this study. The results show that none of the Grice’s cooperative principles have been fully observed in The Salesman movie, and this has affected the quality of text interpretation; however, the text interpretation has not been disturbed and the audience has reached correct interpretation of the film. The results also show that men and women have flouted Grice's maxims to different degrees in response to the same or opposite gender.

Keywords

• Grice’s Cooperative Principles
• Text Interpretation
• Perceptual Approach
• the Salesman
• Conversation
• Language use  

Main Subjects

• General linguistics