Analysis of Conversational Implicature in “Pride and Prejudice” from the Perspective of the Cooperative Principle

DOI: 10.5176/2251-3566_L319.460

Authors: Ms. Ji Xiaoxia

Abstract: This paper attempts to analyze of the  conversational implicature in Pride and Prejudice from the perspective of the Cooperative Principle.  The author looks back at the literary research and  criticism of Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice  in the 19th century and present time, and explores  the feasibility and necessity of using pragmatic  theory to analyze conversational implicature in  Pride and Prejudice. The author selects a large  number of typical dialogs from Pride and  prejudice to analyze its conversational  implicature in detail from the perspective of the  Cooperative Principle. Based on the Cooperative  Principle, this paper analyzes the conversational  implicature of Pride and Prejudice.

Keywords: conversational implicature; cooperative principle