Sökning: "Paul Grice"

Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden Paul Grice.

  1. 1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to Irony

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Simon Torffvit; [2022]
    Nyckelord :irony; humor; principle of relevance; literature teaching; English as a Foreign Language; EFL; maxims of conversation; close reading; The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : In this paper, I explore how Douglas Adams’ comedic 1979 science-fiction novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy could be used to improve English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ understanding of irony. Specifically, the study is based on criteria for the English 5 course in Swedish upper secondary school and is performed using a combined theoretical framework of Dan Sperber and Deidre Wilson’s principle of relevance and Paul Grice’s maxims of conversation. LÄS MER

  3. 2. "De bara ljuger?" : En kritisk analys av Don Fallis och Andreas Stokkes definitioner av lögn.

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Författare :Peter Josef Kharchi Hagland; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Lies; deception; Grice; Stalnaker; Stokke; Fallis; acceptance; belief; children’s lies; Lögner; vilseledning; Grice; Stalnaker; Stokke; Fallis; acceptans; tro; barns lögner;

    Sammanfattning : Don Fallis and Andreas Stokke propose that the classical definition of lying is inadequate due to the insistence on deceptive doxastic goals. Such goals have been proven problematic in the light of baldface lying. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Saxo and his younger cousin - a study in the principles used to make Gesta Danorum into Compendium Saxonis

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Latin; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Författare :Marko Vitas; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Compendium Saxonis; Gesta Danorum; abridged texts; Saxo Grammaticus; Medieval Latin; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to offer as detailed analysis as possible of the Compendium Saxonis, a late medieval abridgement of the famous historical work Gesta Danorum, written towards the end of the XII century by Saxo Grammaticus. Books I–IV and XVI have been used for this purpose. LÄS MER

  5. 4. The meaning of mean: Polysemy in disguise

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Mattias Dzieciniak; [2011]
    Nyckelord :Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : Polysemy is quite a common phenomenon. Variation in meaning has been shown to be omnipresent in lnaguage (Lakoff 1987). Paul Grice (1957) touches upon this in his article ‘Meaning’. While primarily seeking to establish principles for all manner of human communication using language1, he uses the word mean to illustrate his examples. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Breaking maxims in conversation : A comparative study of how scriptwriters break maxims in Desperate Housewives and That 70’s Show

    Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

    Författare :Emma Dornerus; [2006]
    Nyckelord :Conversational maxims; implicature; Paul Grice; Cooperative principle; Non-observances; Meaning in conversation;

    Sammanfattning : When we converse we constantly fail to observe the rules of conversation in order to simplify and make dialogues more effective. The scriptwriters who work with TV shows use non-observances of maxims in order to evoke different feelings from their viewers. LÄS MER