July 20, 2024Studies in Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis

Examining Theories at Work: Speech Acts, Implicatures and Politeness in a Pragmastylistic Analysis of Anton Chekhov’s The Bear

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JLJhonas LumanlanClarke University

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Descriptive qualitative analysis reveals shifted meanings of conversational utterances in Anton Chekhov's The Bear, highlighting the dramatic role of linguistic pragmatics.

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Contextual dialogue reveals how character speech acts shift functional meanings during farcical interactions, reflecting evolving interpersonal dynamics throughout the dramatic comedy.
Descriptive qualitative stylistic analysis tracks cooperative principles and implicatures across the one-act play, mapping interactions between the grieving widow and the creditor.
Supports the utility of pragmastylistics in literary evaluation, demonstrating that conversational politeness strategies govern dramatic narrative progression and theatrical meaning.

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Jhonas Lumanlan (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e5fa6bb6db64358758eb5c https://doi.org/10.48185/spda.v5i2.1161

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Descriptive qualitative analysis reveals shifted meanings of conversational utterances in Anton Chekhov's The Bear, highlighting the dramatic role of linguistic pragmatics.

Examining Theories at Work: Speech Acts, Implicatures and Politeness in a Pragmastylistic Analysis of Anton Chekhov’s The Bear

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