Abstract: In daily communication, people may have different conversational meanings according to specific purposes of communication in different contexts. This paper attempts to analyze the connotations produced by violating the principle of cooperation from the prospective of Grice’s cooperative principle, and discuss the causes of them. The study found that people sometimes may meet the needs of communication by deliberately violating the cooperative principle. The main reasons of doing so are for courtesy, humor or disagreement, out of anger and the need of easing tensions, etc. 

Key words: Cooperative Principle; conversational implicature; Ode to Joy

CONTENTS

Abstract

摘要：

1. Introduction1

2. Literature Review.2

2.1 Conversational Implicature

2.2 Cooperative Principle

3. Conversational Implicature under Cooperative Principle4

3.1 Conversational Implicature by Violating Cooperative Principle

   3.1.1 Cooperative Implicature by Violating the Maxim of Quantity

3.1.2 Cooperative Implicature by Violating the Maxim of Quality

3.1.3 Cooperative Implicature by Violating the Maxim of Relation

3.1.4 Cooperative Implicature by Violating the Maxim of Manner

3.2 Reasons for Violating the Cooperative Principle

 3.2.1 Out of Politeness 

3.2.2 For Humor

3.2.3 Showing Disapproval

3.2.4 Expressing Anger

3.2.5 Reliving Tension

4. Conclusion11

Bibliography.12

Acknowledgements13