On Conversational Implicature From An Analysis Of Violation Of Cooperative Principle

From violation of Cooperative Principle perspective, this thesis illustrates the theory of Conversational Implicature put forward by the American philosopher, H. P. Grice, and discusses some of its promotional effect or inspirations brought about on English listening teaching as well.Since it was proposed by Grice, the CP has attracted a number of linguists to gather around. Scholars study the conversational implicatures, especially by violating the Maxims of the CP. In recent years, most of them stop proceeding at the level of theoretical study.Grice's theory of conversational implicature is studied in this thesis in terms of its manifestation and application in College English Listening Comprehension and English teaching.The analysis shows that most non-English major college students encounter the non-linguistic barriers in their comprehension. Because they lack the linguistic knowledge or the pragmatic principle, they focus on the literal meaning and miss the true intention of the communicators, cannot grasp the conversational implicature which lead to failure in listening comprehension.Author suggests that it is necessary to introduce the linguistic knowledge into the College English Listening Comprehension classroom in order to improve students' English listening proficiency and their communicative competence.