As Máximas de Grice no Contexto Empresarial

Authors

  • Sônia Margarida Prado de Souza

Keywords:

Cooperative Principle, maxims, communicative event, discourse community.

Abstract

This work analyses, in a contrastive approach, the cooperative efforts proposed by Grice (1975) between the participants of a communicative event in the professional field. More specifically, the objectives are focused on the observance and/or violation of two special categories of the Cooperative Principle: the maxims of quantity and relation. These aspects are verified through the linguistic content of Job Application Letters (JAL) written by Brazilian and English candidates in relation to: (a) the general expectations of Brazilian and English companies in terms of number and relevance of information given in a JAL; (b) the specific instructions and qualifications required in the job advertisements published by four Brazilian and English companies.

Author Biography

Sônia Margarida Prado de Souza

Sônia M. Prado de Souza is a teacher of Office Automation and Secretarial Course at FATEC-SP (Faculdade de Tecnologia de São Paulo). At present, she is undertaking research into the structural and textual aspects of the written language used for professional communications at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo.

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Vol. 18 No. 2 (1997)

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