From the Floutings of the Cooperative Principle to Communicative Competence and to the Function of Context in Conversation It is for a long time that linguists have set great store by the effectiveness of linguistic communication through the oral channel ¡ª that is to say, our daily conversation. On account of the fact that these scholars regard linguistics, or to be more specific here, pragmatics, as a discipline stricter or more logical than any other one in social sciences or humanities, a strong impulse to generalize certain universal principle....

Number Of Words: 4822

Number Of Pages: 18

Join today and get unlimited access to our vast database of student-written essays and term papers. This paper along with over 45,000 other papers are available in our member's area right now. Full instant access is just seconds away! Membership Options Price 1 month  subscription $18.95 recurring        3 months subscription $34.95 recurring        6 months subscription $59.95 non-recurring