On The Application Of Cooperative Principle In Conference Interpreting

In the process of interpreting, the interpreter, as the intermediary part of both thecommunicating parties, has to choose expressions, proper for both the participants, in orderto facilitate the communication going on smoothly. Based on the Cooperative Principle putforward by Grice and analyzing the application of the Cooperative Principle in theconference interpreting activities, the thesis aims to make an interdisciplinary research oninterpreting studies. This thesis is divided into five chapters. To start with, the author beginsthe thesis with the purpose of the thesis and has also put forward the concept ofcommunication, which serves as the bridge connecting conference interpreting andcooperative principle. In the following chapter two, the author has made a backgroundintroduction of conference interpreting, including the characteristics of conferenceinterpreting and the information processing in conference interpreting. Then in chapterthree, the author gives a full explanation of Grice's Cooperative Principle and its maxims,both the observance of the maxims and the flouting of the maxims in Cooperative Principle.In chapter four, the author put emphasis on the application of the CP in conferenceinterpreting activities. Through the analysis, the author concludes that communicationconnects the CP and the application of CP in conference interpreting and the CP has beenseen as the criterion for the improvement of the interpreter's performance in interpretingactivities. Then in the final, the author has put forward some suggestions for theinterpreter's amelioration of their interpreting activity.