We have learnt about implicature in fifth and sixth week. Implicature is an underlying discourse which means what is said but suggests something else. As a reference and activities, we were asked to look at ‘Now Read On’ on page 107 until 112 and on page 167 until 169.
Based on what I have learnt from Harold Pinter’s play A Night Out, I can see the implicature used in the play from the characters’ (mother and Albert) conversation by trying to understand what actually the mother wants from his son which is his attention without state it directly. Instead, she kept delaying his son from going to the party.
Also from Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Important of Being Earnest’. Here, the characters are trying to convey the message of hatred to one another by acting and saying good things at first. But then became more sarcastic and overwhelmed by their feelings.
It makes me realize about how people often use implicature in their life whether they realize it or not especially things that include emotions. For example, when a mother tells her naughty boy to go play outside after several times telling not to; actually she means not to go play outside.
In my opinion, impicature is not for negative purposes only. It is useful in certain kind of situation for example in order not to put a shame on other people.
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2 comments:
Auni’s “Implicature” she mentioned about the importance of understanding the way we communicate wit each other so that we will not cause embarrassment to others. True; I believe the purpose for us to study dramas and plays during the four years of our campus life is to equip us with the sensitivity to understand how others feel. After all, the plays that we study are all about the ups and downs in human life. We study a lot of social issues that does take place in the society and it is extremely important for us, as future teachers to be aware of these issues and this knowledge will come in handy when we become teachers in a few years time. We will be more aware of our students behavior and might be able to help them to solve their problems.
It is true and important that we learn implicature as a useful literary element.I agree with Auni's opinion which says that implicature is not for negative purposes but is useful in order for us not to put a shame on other people.This shows that implicature is useful in our daily lives.Besides not offending pthers by using underlying meaning, we can also make our language to become more variety and beautiful.It causes people to ponder and think about it and not just simply read through what we write.It is also useful when we interact with others. We will become more sensitive and try not to put words that are hurtful to other people.
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