Analyzing and Decoding Rudeness in 'Lord of the Flies' through Relevance Theory:A Pragmatic Analysis
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Relevance theory, rudeness, cognitive principle, communicative principle.Abstract
This study investigates rudeness phenomena in William Golden's novel (Lord of the Flies). Rudeness, a widespread element in human interaction, plays a role in shaping communication dynamics. This type of speech, which has a negative effect may contain certain structure and specific purposes that the writers want to convey. Utilizing relevance theory as a framework, this study examines how rudeness is depicted in William Golding's "Lord of the Flies”. According to Sperber and Wilson's relevance theory, communication can be understood in a more nuanced way by focusing on the mental effort involved in making meanings and statements relevant. Qualitative analysis has been done on the data of this study.
Furthermore, it adopts Wilson and Sperber's (1986), relevance theory as a model and Segarra's (2007) criteria to identify rudeness and its types. Based on the results of the study, rudeness has many aspects that are hard to grasp when taken out of context. It is possible to provide rudeness through many types of strategies, explicit or covert.
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