a pragmatic analysis of conversational implicature in a good man is hard to find

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1、APragmaticAnalysisofConversationalImplicatureinAGoodManisHardtoFind　　【Abstract】AGoodManisHardtoFind，oneofthemostwell-knownandthemostabsorbingworksofFlanneryO’Connor，thepaperdiscussestheapplicationofthefourcriteriaofthecooperativeprincipleinthenovel，reflectsitsconversationalmeaningsoastobetterunde

2、rstandthecharactersandgraspthethemedeeply.　　【Keywords】conversationalimplicature；conversations　　I.Introduction　　AGoodManisHardtoFind，oneofthemostwell-knownandthemostabsorbingworksofFlanneryO’Connor，hasbeenattractingnumerousscholarsbothathomeandabroad.Theymostlyplacedtheiremphasisupontheanalysisoft

3、hetheme，thestylistic，andtheculturalfactorsofthefiction.Theinterpretiveworkofscholarsoftenfocusesonthecontroversialfinalscene.SeldomhasbeendoneontheconversationsfromtheperspectiveofGrice’sconversationalimplicaturetheory.Thenotionofconversationalimplicatureisoneofthesinglemostimportantideasinpragma

4、tics，thekeyideasofwhichwereproposedbyHerbertPaulGrice.InGrice’swords，thecooperativeprinciplesis“tomakeyourcontributionsuchasisrequired，atthestageatwhichitoccurs，bytheacceptedpurposeofthetalkexchangeinwhichyouareengaged.”Griceintroducedfourmaxims：themaximofquantity，themaximofquality，themaximofrela

5、tion，andthemaximofmanner.　　II.theanalysisofAGoodManisHardtoFind　　AGoodManisHardtoFindisashortstorywrittenbyFlanneryO’Connorin1953.ThefamilyhasplannedtogotoFloridaonholiday，butafterknowingTheMisfithasheadedtowardsFlorida，thegrandmotherproposestogotoeastTennessee，butononeseemstotakeherseriously.Fin

6、allytheyhittheroadandbegintheirtripfromGeorgiatoFlorida.Afterhalf-day’strip，thegrandmotherwantstogotoaplantationwheresheoftenvisitedintheyoung.Thereforeshepersuadesotherfamilymemberstodrivethere.Unfortunately，theyhaveanaccidentbecauseofthedirtroad.Theyrequestthreepeoplewhopassedbytohelpthem.Howev

7、er，thegrandmotherrecognizesoneofthem―TheMisfit，whoFinallykilledallthefamily.　　Theconversationsbetweenthefamilymembers，atthesuperficiallevel―thelevelofwhatissaid，theyareuninformativeorevenmeaningless.Butatthedeeperlevel