An Investigation of The Role of Conversational Implicature in Daily Conversations

Authors

Dang Thi Hong Nhung
Faculty of Foreign Languages, Ho Chi Minh City University of Food Industry, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Synopsis

Dialogue in everyday speech occasionally uses words that are completely different from the usual expressions. The speaker's intended meaning of the speech is represented by the conversational implicature from a linguistic standpoint. The unique dialogues between the speaker and the receiver are referred to as conversation implications. That is the most crucial aspect of conversation theory that has been debated. According to Grice's theory of dialogue inference, the literal may be given meaning. In other words, cooperative communication is based on a set of cooperative principles. As a result, one of the most popular pragmatics research fields is conversational implicature. This paper aims to examine the significance of conversational implicature in casual discussions in various circumstances, which indicates that context is crucial for understanding what people say.

LTAL2023
Published
June 17, 2023
Online ISSN
2582-3922