Infringing conversational maxims : The case of humorous road signs

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Authors	SUČKOVÁ Magda
Year of publication	2015
Type	Conference abstract
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Arts
Citation
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.
Related projects:	Nové směry v anglofonním jazykovědném a literárním výzkumu III