Intentionality of discourse in the light of the theory of conversational implicatures Analysis of samples from the novel "Taa' al-Khadjal" by Fadhila El Farouk

Abstract

Intentions of speech constitute a fundamental topic that attracts the attention of
scholars and is pursued by many sciences (such as philosophy, pragmatics, and cognitive
sciences...) because of the great impact and importance of intentions in understanding the
sayings of speakers, and knowing their way of thinking., Communication is considered as
the basis for producing, transmitting, receiving and interpreting intentions.
The pragmatists were particularly aware of the importance of the intent of linguistic
acts and what the speaker meant by his utterances in certain contexts, so they linked that
to two basic factors; The first is related to the purely linguistic aspect that provides us with
a part of the meaning, and the second is related to the cognitive processes that occur in the
human mind, which are factors related to factors external to language. Herbert Paul Grice's
studies paved the way for this thinking through his care for the unnatural meaning, the
implicite meaning, and the conversational implicatures, which led him to establish the rule
of conversation, and to show that the latter is governed by a general principle called the
principle of cooperation.
This paper aims to explain how Grice explains the mechanisms of interpretation by
the recipient of the speaker's intentions, and how to infer the meaning required by the
speaker when he breaches the rules of dialogue in order to influence the recipients.