Infringing conversational maxims : The case of humorous road signs
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| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | The aim of the paper is to argue that one of the major sources of humour in funny road signs is the unintentional non-observance of Grice's (1975) Conversational Maxims in the given context of the particular signs. |
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