Analyzing the Violation of Cooperative Principles in Chinese Culture

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10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.301How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Cooperative Principle; Pragmatics; Implicature; Violation; Chinese Culture; Confucianism; Taoism; Buddhism

Abstract

The Cooperative Principle, the most influential work of H.P. Grice, assumes that interlocutors are making efforts to construct meaningful conversation when interlocutors speak. Cooperative principles are assumed to play an essential role in language use. Any violation or flouting of the Cooperative principle will result in “implicature”. However, Chinese language speakers do not strictly conform to the principles. Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism have vastly influenced Chinese Culture and communication in history. Under the influence of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, the Chinese possess a high context culture, and the Chinese sometimes prefer the expression of implicature or metaphor. This paper aims to explore the basic idea in the Cooperative principles and the violation in ancient Chinese books and records, which will provide further implications to communication study.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zixuan Huang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/29
TI  - Analyzing the Violation of Cooperative Principles in Chinese Culture
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 7th International Conference on Social Sciences and Economic Development (ICSSED 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1799
EP  - 1804
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.301
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220405.301
ID  - Huang2022
ER  -