CONTENTS

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction.1

1.1 Overview of The Lord of the Rings

1.2 Organization of the Thesis

2. Literature Review2

2.1 Introduction to Negotiation Dialogues

2.2 Review of Cooperative Principle

   2.2.1 Introduction to Cooperative Principle

   2.2.2 Four Maxims of Cooperative Principle

2.3 Review of Conversational Implicature

2.4 Domestic and Foreign Research on Cooperative Principle 

3. Negotiation Dialogues Analysis by Cooperative Principle.6

3.1 Conversational Implicature Conforming to Quantity Maxim

3.2 Conversational Implicature Conforming to Quality Maxim

3.3 Conversational Implicature Conforming to Relation Maxim

    3.4 Conversational Implicature Conforming to the Maxim of Manner

4. Effects on Conforming to Cooperative Principle in The Lord of the Rings.11

4.1 Restricting Conversational Context

4.2 Enhancing Conversational Logic

4.3 Reducing Conversational Ambiguity

4.4 Facilitating Communication Progress

5. Conclusion13

Bibliography. .15

Acknowledgements17