VIOLATION OF G.P. GRICE’S MAXIMS FOR INFORMATION FRAMING IN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NEWS DISCOURSE

Abstract

Information framing has permeated all areas of news discourse in the modern world, and the aim of this study was to examine violations of Grice’s maxims as a means of implementing this framing. To achieve this goal, the researchers employ a comprehensive methodology, including an analysis of scientific literature, manual selection of material for a corpus sample, critical discourse analysis, pragmatic and implicature analysis, as well as descriptive and classificatory approaches. The results demonstrate that violations of cooperation maxims are frequently used for information framing in English-language news discourse. Furthermore, it is found that the violation occurs differently for each maxim. The study demonstrated that the use of slips of the tongue, which are also a means of violating the maxims, plays a significant role in achieving the speaker’s goals. The authors conclude that each of the maxims has its own method of violation, relevant to news discourse. To violate the maxim of quantity, the creation of a blurred context with a lack or, conversely, an overabundance of information is used to shift the audience’s focus in the right direction. The maxim of quality is violated by using emotive vocabulary to distort information and enhance the necessary atmosphere. At the same time, violations in the maxim of the relationship are characterized by pauses used to sharply deviate from the topic and create hidden meanings. The maxim of the method is often violated through the use of figurative language.