声明
摘要
Abstract
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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 The Purpose and Significance of the Study
1.3 Research Questions
1.4 The Organization of the Thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 Studies on the Cooperative Principle Home and Abroad
2.2 Studies on Little Women Home and Abroad
2.3 Background of Little Women
2.3.1 The Author of the Novel
2.3.2 The Plot of the Novel
Chapter 3 Methodology
3.1 Data Collection
3.2 The Procedures of Analysis of the Conversational Implicature
Chapter 4 Theoretical Framework
4.1 Conversation Implicature
4.2 The Cooperative Principle and Conversation Implicature
4.3 Cooperative Principle and Its Four Categories
4.3.1 The Maxim of Quantity
4.3.2 The Maxim of Quality
4.3.3 The Maxim of Relation
4.3.4 The Maxim of Manner
Chapter 5 Analysis of the Violation of the Cooperative Principle in Little Women
5.1 Violation of the Cooperative Principle in Little Women
5.2 Analysis of Conversational Implicature in Little Women
5.2.1 Violation of the Maxim of Quantity
5.2.2 Violation of the Maxim of Quality
5.2.3 Violation of the Maxim of Relation
5.2.4 Violation of the Maxim of Manner
5.3 A Summary
Chapter 6 Conclusion
6.1 Major Findings
6.2 Limitations and Suggestions
References
Acknowledgements
Resume