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3.3. Manner The maxim of manner is flouted when the speaker uses ambiguous language or does not talk properly and understandably (Hu 2012: 1188). Sitcom humour makes use of lexical and referential ambiguity to flout this maxim for humour (Wu n.d.: 66/67). In the episode, the characters flout this maxim by using words that others do not know or by using words and phrases which are lexically ambiguous. When characters use words that others do not know, it either ridicules the speaker (because they

were the Maxim Gun, Modern Manufacturing, and Child Labour. The industrial revolution began in the textile industry and during the course of history people have changed the manufacturing process dramatically. Instead of items being produced by hand, the owners of the facilities created ways to have machines produce the items ("thomasnet." ). Manufacturing change in production. By the 19th century, Europeans gun technology had improved dramatically, especially with the introduction of the maxim gun.

t[]he Politeness Principle, proposed by Leech, G. in his book Principle of Pragmatics (1983), is considered as an important principle in communication. There are some maxims under the PP, and for each maxim, there are two sub-maxims, as following: “Tact maxim: minimize cost to other; [maximize benefit to other] Generosity maxim: minimize benefit to self; [maximize cost to

It is extremely important to understand the traits of social media and the human factors impacting technology because if we did not, there would be a lot more miscommunications and misunderstandings between people. For example, social media users need to understand that social media communication is limited compared to face to face communication. Factors such as Temporal Structure, which is the time it takes to send and receive a message, affect how effective social media communication is. Also,

co-operative principle. Grice further categorizes co-operative principle into its maxims

This chapter explains an overview of related theories, which are the pragmatics theory by George Yule including the Grice’s cooperative principle and kinds of maxim according to Grice. 2.1 Pragmatics According to Yule (1996), pragmatics is concerned with the study of meaning as communicated by a speaker (or writer) and interpreted by a listener (or reader). “Pragmatics focuses more on how we achieve meaning in a particular context, by considering such factors as how, where and when something is

Contemporary Rhetorical Theory- Fall 2015 Rui Zhang Submission Date: 2015/12/02 *All the works below for the exam are done independently. No cooperation or discussion with anybody else. 1. Williamson is an example of genus deliberativum. Deliberative genre is used in forum or speech to persuade the audience to do something or believe in something in future. Williamson’s speech is a typical deliberative genre. He makes the speech on a public forum to persuade voters to agree the marriage bill amendment

military success to his Military Maxims. These Military strategies essentially were a set of ideas implemented by Napoleon to pursue desired strategic goals. Napoleon’s Maxims deal with the planning and conduct of campaigns, the movement and moral of troops, and the deception of the enemy. Although Napoleon lists 115 Maxims, three stand out above all others in directly attributing to Napoleon’s victories against such overwhelming opposing forces. These three Maxims coincided with each other, maximizing

1.1      The concept of deictic centre Deixis deals with the words and expressions whose reference relies entirely on the circumstances of the utterance. For that reason these special expressions and their meaning in discourse can only be understood in light of these circumstances. The term deictic centre underlines that the deictic term has to relate to the situation exactly at the point where the utterance is made or the text is written. One could even say that the deictic

The Breakfast Club is a movie that was directed by John Hughes, and was released in the spring of 1985. It is about five teenagers from different worlds, who all come together on a Saturday for detention. The movie is filled with a multitude of scenes that may apply to many of the course concepts found in Interpersonal Communication. The film almost immediately displays a source of power through one of the main characters. Within the first twenty minutes all five teens and the principal had