Frontiers in Educational Research, 2023, 6(12); doi: 10.25236/FER.2023.061213.
Ting Geng
School of English Studies, Xi’an International Studies University, Xi’an, China
Pragmatic strategies are often utilized to create different conversational implicature in the dialogue of TV series. From the perspective of Cooperative Principle and Politeness Principle, the paper aims to analyze the conversational implicature created by violating the maxims of Cooperative Principle and Politeness Principle in the first season of American TV series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. The qualitative approach is mainly used as the methodology of this paper. Analyses of the dialogue reveals the major findings: (1) verbal humor can be created by violating the Cooperative Principle and Politeness Principle; (2) the acceptance of the violation of Politeness Principle should depends on the situation and relationship between the two parties of the communication; (3) good dialogues in TV series are of benefit to mold the characters.
Conversational Implicature; Cooperative Principle; Politeness Principle; The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Ting Geng. A Study of Conversational Implicature in the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel from the Perspective of Cooperative Principle and Politeness Principle. Frontiers in Educational Research (2023) Vol. 6, Issue 12: 66-73. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2023.061213.
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