EFL Learners' Pragmatic Tolerance of Quantity Maxim Violation

The current study embarks on investigating Iraqi EFL learners' pragmatic tolerance of quantity maxim violations. Additionally, it seeks to shed light on Iraqi EFL learners' pragmatic abilities in deriving pragmatic inferences from utterances that contain violations of quantity maxim. The e...

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Main Authors: Maha Khaled Yasseen Researcher: Maha Khaled Yasseen, Kamal H. Hussein . Kamal Hazim Hussein Ali
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Language:Arabic
Published: Alnoor University 2024-09-01
Series:مجلة النور للدراسات الانسانية
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Online Access:https://jnfh.alnoor.edu.iq/jnfh/article/view/188
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description The current study embarks on investigating Iraqi EFL learners' pragmatic tolerance of quantity maxim violations. Additionally, it seeks to shed light on Iraqi EFL learners' pragmatic abilities in deriving pragmatic inferences from utterances that contain violations of quantity maxim. The experimental work in the current study utilized two types of sentence judgment tasks. Binary sentence judgment task for investigating learners' pragmatic tolerance, and ternary judgment task for investigating learners' pragmatic competence. The study included two groups of participants. The first group included 50 participants from 2nd-year students, and the second included 50 from 4th-year students at the Department of English for the academic year 2023-2024; both groups judged underinformative scalar implicature utterances. The results with binary task data indicate that Iraqi EFL learners exhibit tolerance toward quantity maxim violations. However, the ternary judgment task results indicate that Iraqi learners are not competent enough to derive a pragmatic inference. Hence, the current study attempts to provide a comprehensive understanding of EFL learners' pragmatic abilities to derive implied meanings.
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spelling doaj-art-e781cec2deab41e788793eeea2baef862025-08-20T03:01:34ZaraAlnoor Universityمجلة النور للدراسات الانسانية3007-73463005-50912024-09-012310.69513/jnfh.v2n3.en5188EFL Learners' Pragmatic Tolerance of Quantity Maxim ViolationMaha Khaled Yasseen Researcher: Maha Khaled Yasseen0Kamal H. Hussein . Kamal Hazim Hussein Ali1University of MosulUniversity of MosulThe current study embarks on investigating Iraqi EFL learners' pragmatic tolerance of quantity maxim violations. Additionally, it seeks to shed light on Iraqi EFL learners' pragmatic abilities in deriving pragmatic inferences from utterances that contain violations of quantity maxim. The experimental work in the current study utilized two types of sentence judgment tasks. Binary sentence judgment task for investigating learners' pragmatic tolerance, and ternary judgment task for investigating learners' pragmatic competence. The study included two groups of participants. The first group included 50 participants from 2nd-year students, and the second included 50 from 4th-year students at the Department of English for the academic year 2023-2024; both groups judged underinformative scalar implicature utterances. The results with binary task data indicate that Iraqi EFL learners exhibit tolerance toward quantity maxim violations. However, the ternary judgment task results indicate that Iraqi learners are not competent enough to derive a pragmatic inference. Hence, the current study attempts to provide a comprehensive understanding of EFL learners' pragmatic abilities to derive implied meanings.https://jnfh.alnoor.edu.iq/jnfh/article/view/188tolerance, informativeness, scalar implicature, quantity maxim.
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EFL Learners' Pragmatic Tolerance of Quantity Maxim Violation
مجلة النور للدراسات الانسانية
tolerance, informativeness, scalar implicature, quantity maxim.
title EFL Learners' Pragmatic Tolerance of Quantity Maxim Violation
title_full EFL Learners' Pragmatic Tolerance of Quantity Maxim Violation
title_fullStr EFL Learners' Pragmatic Tolerance of Quantity Maxim Violation
title_full_unstemmed EFL Learners' Pragmatic Tolerance of Quantity Maxim Violation
title_short EFL Learners' Pragmatic Tolerance of Quantity Maxim Violation
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topic tolerance, informativeness, scalar implicature, quantity maxim.
url https://jnfh.alnoor.edu.iq/jnfh/article/view/188
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