Saudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (SJHSS)
Volume-3 | Issue-05 | 677-681
Review Article
Violation of Cooperative Principle: Comparative Analysis of Jing Xing Show and A Date with Lu Yu
Weixuan Shi, Pengying Qu
Published : May 30, 2018
Abstract
TV talk show is a program in which a host communicates with a guest about
a certain topic or person. Usually, the host and guest follow the cooperative principle
during their communication, but both sides violate the cooperative principle in the
program, realizing the conversational implicature of avoiding answering questions
directly, implicit expression and additional information and so on. This article, based
on Grice’s Cooperative Principle, attempts to analyze the similarities and differences
between Jin Xing Show and A Date with Lu Yu in terms of programming orientation as
well as host style from the perspective of violation of cooperative principle. And the
examples in this article are chosen from two Chinese shows, in which Hu Ge, a popular
actor in China as the guest. It is hoped that this study can provide some reference for
other talk shows, and can improve people’s ability of daily conversation and enhance
people’s language charming and communicative competence.