An analysis of Paul Grice’s Maxims cooperative principle in sari-sari store conversation

Abstract

The study entitled "An Analysis of Maxim's Cooperative Principle in Sari-Sari Store Conversation aimed to analyze, scrutinize and identify how the cooperative principle used in a conversation. The study focused on the analysis to what extent the four maxims violate in the conversation between the buyer and the seller. Furthermore, it sought to find out if it is possible that only one of the maxims is opted in the conversation. Therefore, a cautious look to any conversational exchanges must be taking aside for. The study revealed that a specific sari-sari store the conversation exchanged violate the four maxims. From the results formulated, the findings concluded that although Cooperative Principle describes the best practices in communication, in order to facilitate the process of conversation to be smoother for both the listener and speaker, people frequently disobey these maxims in order to achieve certain purposes.