英文电影对白语言合作原则解析

英文电影对白的语言合作原则解析abstract：angelandalechavegreatinfluenceontess.inappearance,theyarequitedifferentfromeachother.whentessmeetsangelatthefirsttime,angelisdescribedas“educated,reserved,subtle,sad,anddiffering.”howeveralecisthoughttobe“satan”anddoesnotknowtorespectawoman.keywords：cooperativeprincipleanalysis;dialogues;englishmoviesⅰliteraturereviewofcooperativeprinciplesaphosphorandlogician,paulgricemadeanattempttoexplainthecourseofnaturalconversation,inwhichimpliedmessagesarefrequentlyinvolved.hisideaisthatinmakingconversation,theparticipantsmustfirstofallbewillingtocooperate;otherwise,itwouldnotbepossibleforthemtocarryonthetalk.thisgeneralprincipleiscalledthecooperativeprinciple(胡壮麟，2006:190-191).tobemorespecific,therearefourmaximsunderthisgeneralprinciplegoingasfollow:1.themaximofquantity:（1）makeyourcontributionasinformativeasrequired(forthecurrentpurposeoftheexchange).（2）donotmakeyourcontributionmoreinformativethanrequired.2.themaximofquality:（1）donotsaywhatyoubelievetobefalse.（2）donotsaythatforwhichyoulackadequateevidence.3.themaximofrelation:berelevant4.themaximofmanner:（1）avoidobscurityofexpression.（2）avoidambiguity.（3）bebrief.（4）beorderly.peoplearesupposedtofollowthisprincipleanditsmaximstoarriveatmeaningfulverbalexchangeintheircommunicationinaneffectiveway.thecooperativeprincipleanditsfourmaximsarethecoretheoryofh.pgrice’spragmatictheory,whichplayavitalroleinreadinghumanbeing’sspeechcommunicationaswellasenglishlinesofthemovies.ⅱcooperativeprincipleanalysisofdialoguesintheenglishmoviesdialoguesofthemoviesbelongtothecategoryofthepragmatics,thusitispossibleforthepragmaticstobeappliedtodialogues.besides,ifthepragmaticsisappliedtodialogues,thefilm’’sartisticeffectcanbegreatlyimproved.thetheoryofthecooperativeprinciplewasfirstadvancedbyamericanlinguistg.hgrice(grice,1975:45),whichisanimportanttheoryofthepragmaticsandplaysanimportantroleinreadinghumanbeing’’sspeechcommunication.itisanessentialprerequisitetoasuccessfulconversation.generallyspeaking,theparticipantsoftheconversationaresupposedtoobservethecooperativeprinciple,butitdoesnotmeanthattheywillobserveitallthetime.onthecontrary,peoplewillinadvertentlyorintentionallyviolatethecooperativeprinciplenowandthen(倪奕旋，20006).thefourmaximsofthecooperativeprinciple-themaximofquantity,themaximofquality,themaximofrelationandthemaximofmannerareoftenfloutedinenglishlinesandsoapoperas.appropriateapplicationoftheviolationofthefourmaximsisdevotedtogainthelinguisticsituationgenuineness,charactervividnessandhumorofthefilmenhancement.althoughmuchresearchhasbeendevotedtothestudyofthedialoguesoftheenglishmovies,mostoftheirresearchistoonarrowandsuperficial,sincetheirresearchisrestrictedtohumorousfilms.basedontheirresearch,thispaperisattempttoanalyzesomeclassicdialoguesoftheenglishfilmsfromtheperspectiveoftheviolationofthecooperativeprinciple,aimingtohelpmovieaudiencesappreciatetheinneremotionsofcharactersonanevenprofounderlevelandpromotethemtohaveadeeperunderstandingoftheplot,therelativesandnaturesofcharactersandthehumorouseffectofthefilmsaswell.moreover,byanalyzingwhytheforeignfilmsaresopopularwithmovieaudiences,thispaperisintendedtomakegreatcontributionstothedevelopmentofthechinesefilmdom.undoubtedly,enormousclassicandfamousenglishfilmshavebeenengravedonpeople’sheartandleadthemtoendlessaftertastesduetotheirclassiclines.asisshownfromtheaboveanalysis,itisnotdifficulttoseethatfilmeffectsareachievedbytheviolationofthemaximsofthecooperativeprinciple—themaximofquantity,themaximofquality,themaximofrelationandthemaximofmanner.bibliography：[1]grice,h.p.logicandconversation[m].cambridge:cambridgeuniversitypress,1975,45.[2]liuhongwen&liutiehong.onthecooperativeprincipleandachievementofhumorouseffec[j].chinesejournal,2005.[3]戴炜栋，何兆熊.新编简明英语语言学教程[m].上海：上海外语教育出版，2002.[4]高睿.英语电影对白的语用分析[j].语文学刊·外语教育教学，2010.[5]胡壮麟.语言学教程[m].北京：北京大学出版社,2006.[6]倪奕旋.从违反“合作原则”看英语会话含义[j].广州大学学报，2000.[7]韦小敏.违反合作原则的会话含义[j].现代语文，2007.[8]严爽.对电影《公主日记》对白的语用分析[j].浙江科技学院学报，2009.