The translation of implicature in political speeches
This thesis is concerned with Grice's Theory of Conversational Implicature and its application to the translation of Arabic political speeches into English. In order to conduct successful communication, trice has suggested that interlocutors (in this case, politicians) are expected to observe the Cooperative Principle (PP) which is underpinned by four maxims: Quality (tell the truth), Quantity (be informative), Relevance (stick to the point), and Manner (be clear). Conversational implicature is usually created in an utterance when this can be considered to have more than one interpretation because the speaker has violated one or more of Grice's maxims of conversation. Political discourse is usually laden with rhetorical figures, ambiguity and vagueness, and embedded within a specific cultural context with the intended audience being a local one. In the case of this study, all of the speeches analysed were delivered in a time of crisis, as the wave of popular uprisings known as the Arab Spring was bringing in sweeping changes in many Arab countries. Political discourse of this kind creates numerous problems for translators tasked with rendering this into English, as they must cope with different languages,
Agil, Suad
The translation of implicature in political speeches. This thesis is concerned with Grice's Theory of Conversational Implicature and its application to the translation of Arabic political speeches into English. In order to conduct successful communication, trice has suggested that interlocutors (in this case, politicians) are expected to observe the Cooperative Principle (PP) which is underpinned by four maxims: Quality (tell the truth), Quantity (be informative), Relevance (stick to the point), and Manner (be clear). Conversational implicature is usually created in an utterance when this can be considered to have more than one interpretation because the speaker has violated one or more of Grice's maxims of conversation. Political discourse is usually laden with rhetorical figures, ambiguity and vagueness, and embedded within a specific cultural context with the intended audience being a local one. In the case of this study, all of the speeches analysed were delivered in a time of crisis, as the wave of popular uprisings known as the Arab Spring was bringing in sweeping changes in many Arab countries. Political discourse of this kind creates numerous problems for translators tasked with rendering this into English, as they must cope with different languages,
translation implicature political_speech concerned grice theory conversational implicature application translation_arabic political_speech english order conduct successful communication suggest interlocutor case politician expect observe cooperative principle underpin maxim quality tell truth quantity informative relevance point manner clear conversational implicature usually create utterance consider interpretation speaker violate grice maxims conversation political_discourse usually laden rhetorical figure ambiguity vagueness embed_within specific cultural_context intend_audience local case_study speech analyse delivered time_crisis wave popular uprising know arab_spring bring sweeping change many arab country political_discourse kind create numerous problem translator task render english must cope different_language