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  1. 6. “Ooooh, so strong” : Ironic Responses to Donald Trump’s Presidential Tweets

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Författare :Filip Eneroth; [2017]
    Nyckelord :Trump; verbal irony; Twitter; maxims of conversation; echoic interpretation; Trump; verbal ironi; Twitter; konversationsmaximer; echoic interpretation;

    Sammanfattning : After Donald Trump won the presidency, his use of social media has gotten massive attention because of its incredibly inappropriate content. Many people question how appropriate his use of Twitter is, and in the linguistic field prominent voices point out that the former businessman does not have the skills to speak; he only talks (McWhorter, 2017). LÄS MER

  3. 7. Flouting the maxims in scripted speech : An analysis of flouting the maxims of conversation in the television series Firefly

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Författare :Peter Szczepanski; [2015]
    Nyckelord :conversational maxims; cooperative principle; H.P. Grice; flouting; implicature;

    Sammanfattning : Although conversations in television shows are supposed to mimic and represent everyday natural speech, they are written for a specific purpose. The aim of this paper is to find out what maxims are flouted the most in the television series Firefly and analyse what the effects of these flouts are. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Boy and Girl Talk : A sociolinguistic study of international high school students' turn-taking patterns from a gender perspective

    Magister-uppsats, Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Författare :Johan Thornberg; [2011]
    Nyckelord :English; Sociolinguistics; Conversation Analysis; Gender;

    Sammanfattning :  The aspect of gender and language has been thoroughly studied by sociolinguists. Research has however mainly focused on adults. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Terror and Evil in Iraq : A Study of Political Discourse

    Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för humaniora

    Författare :Georgia Dekavalla; [2009]
    Nyckelord :mental frames; purport; the co-operative principle; maxims of conversation; rhetoric devices; implicature; Iraq; terror; evil;

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  7. 10. 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