The Holy Quran (1982) is the Holy Book of the Moslems and the most understandable aspect of its eloquence. One of the most interesting aspects found in different languages is the use of implicatures or implied meani...The Holy Quran (1982) is the Holy Book of the Moslems and the most understandable aspect of its eloquence. One of the most interesting aspects found in different languages is the use of implicatures or implied meaning. How and why such implicatures are generated and are discussed in pragmatics? In this study, a list of conversations (direct and indirect) from "Surah Livestock" ("A1-An'am"), the sixth Chapter of the Holy Quran, and the implicatures implied in the conversations are analyzed through a pragmatic theory: CP (Cooperative Principle). The present study shows that in most cases, the non-observance of Grice's (1975) maxims is found in the maxim of Quantity and the least in Manner. Grice's CP and its contributory maxims have not been observed in the "Surah Livestock" in this study. All maxims of Grice have been flouted in This Surah (1982) and there is no difference among Gricean maxims as far as flouting in the Surah is concerned.展开更多
文摘The Holy Quran (1982) is the Holy Book of the Moslems and the most understandable aspect of its eloquence. One of the most interesting aspects found in different languages is the use of implicatures or implied meaning. How and why such implicatures are generated and are discussed in pragmatics? In this study, a list of conversations (direct and indirect) from "Surah Livestock" ("A1-An'am"), the sixth Chapter of the Holy Quran, and the implicatures implied in the conversations are analyzed through a pragmatic theory: CP (Cooperative Principle). The present study shows that in most cases, the non-observance of Grice's (1975) maxims is found in the maxim of Quantity and the least in Manner. Grice's CP and its contributory maxims have not been observed in the "Surah Livestock" in this study. All maxims of Grice have been flouted in This Surah (1982) and there is no difference among Gricean maxims as far as flouting in the Surah is concerned.