Non-Observance of Grice’s Conversational Maxims in Discourse of Humor and its Role in EFL Learners’ Text Comprehension: A Mixed-Methods Study

Grice’s conversational maxims have been one of the most influential pragmatic theories up to now. The primary purpose of this study was to measure the comprehension of Iranian intermediate EFL learners in terms of English humor based on Grice’s non-observed conversational maxims. Moreover, this stud...

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Main Authors: Morteza Amirsheibani, Mohammad Ghazanfari, Reza Pishghadam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asociación Mexicana de Maestros de Inglés 2020-11-01
Series:Mextesol Journal
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Online Access:http://www.mextesol.net/journal/public/files/04d5fa1965ce61e28b6f358a579520bd.pdf