The principles of cooperation in speaking are very important for clear and effective communication between the sender and the receiver. They exist in all languages as a universal system. In literature, especially in storytelling, writers often intentionally break or alter these cooperative principles. This does not indicate a mistake in the language ; rather, it is a natural and creative way of using language. Depending on the situation, these changes can go beyond normal grammar rules to make the story more expressive and meaningful.The principles of cooperation are important in pragmatics because what people say in a conversation can have multiple meanings. There may also be a hidden meaning or purpose behind the words, which is a feature of pragmatics in language.This study follows a descriptive and analytical approach based on Grice’s theory of cooperative principles. Its significance comes from the fact that the story collection The Old Woman’s Shroud is one of the notable literary works. In this work, breaking the rules of cooperation plays an important role in the language, giving deeper meaning and impact to how ideas are expressed.The aim of this research is to study how the four cooperative principles are broken in the short story collection, examining their types, patterns, and frequency. The main questions are: Which cooperative principle is broken the most, and which one has the greatest effect on the story’s language and meaning?Keywords: Cooperative principles, short story collection, The Old Woman’s Shroud, communication, sender and receiver
Khaleel et al. (Sun,) studied this question.