ABSTRACT:Inthepaper,AliceThroughtheLookingGlassisusedasthematerialtoanalyzedifferentlinguisticphenomena。Thispapermainlydiscussesthecooperativeprinciplebasedonthemovietranscript。 KEYWORD:Cooperativeprinciple;Fourmaxims;Implicature;Transcript Therequirementofthequantitymaximisthatthespeakersutterancesshouldbeasinformativeasrequired。 Alice:Ifyoudontgonowandreconcile,youllbesorry。Iknowyouwill。 MadHatter:Maybe,later。 Whenyoungmadhatterhadaquarreloverthecrownoftheredqueen,hedecidedtogoaway。Alicecametopersuademadhatterdonotleavehisfamily,becausesheknewthatifhelefthisfamilyatthismoment,hisfamilywoulddieontheHorunvendushDayinacertainfuturetime。However,madhatterhasntknownAliceatthattime。MadhatterregardedAliceassomekindofstrangepersonwhointerferedotherpeoplesfamilyaffairs。HedidntwanttolistentoanythingAlicehassaid,orisgoingtosay。Hehasmadeuphismindtoleavehisparents,soherespondedAliceslongremarksofpersuadinghimwithtwosimpleword,perfunctorilymaybe,later〔1〕 Inthiscase,theimplicatureconveyedbytheviolationofthequantitymaximismadhattersemotionalfeeling。HedidntbelieveinAliceswords,andhedidntwanthertocontinuetalking。However,Alicehadbeenfollowinghim。Hebecomesveryimpatientandangry,andthrewthesetwowordstoAlice,hopingtoletherstoptalking,andescapedfromhishomeassoonaspossible。 Therequirementofthequalitymaximisthatthespeakershouldnotsaywhichheorshebelievetobefalse。 Time:Ipresentyouwithagiftmadeentirelyoutoflove,andalsoalittlebitofmetalandwood,ofcourse。Iknowhowyoulovethetinythings。 TheRedQueen:Illtreasureitforever。 WhenTimesenttheredqueenaminiatureofaguillotineasherbirthdaypresent,shesaidshewouldtreasureit,butatthesametime,asenseofdissatisfactionappearedonherface,andshethrewtheminiatureawayinnotime。Intheredqueensline,shesaidsomethingthatwasnottrue。Shesaidshewouldtreasurethegift,butinfactshedidntlikethatgiftatall。Aminiatureofaguillotinewasfartohersatisfaction,whatshereallywantedisthechronosphere。 Intheredqueensremark,theimplicatureistheredqueensbittercharacteristic。Thecharacterexpressedherdiscontenttowardsherbirthdaygiftbypraisingit,whichmakedtheeffectofirony,andmakestheacridimageoftheredqueenmuchmoreimpressivetotheaudience。 Therequirementofrelationmaximisthatthespeakersutterancesshouldberelevanttothecontext。 Alice:Please!Youhaventanswermyquestions。 Time:Oneminute。Whydoyoucarrythatfallensoldierinyourpocket? WhenAlicetoldTimethatshewantedTimetodoherafavor,Timedoesntwanttohelpher,becauseTimethoughtthathistorycannotbechanged,andtherewasnouseofhimtolendAlicethechronosphere。Thusafterashortperiodofsilence,Timetriestochangethetopicoftheconversation,andasksAlicewhydidshecarryadeadsoldierinherpocket。〔2〕 Here,theimplicatureisTimesindirectrefusal。HedidntrefuseAlicesdemanddirectly,buthedidthatinaroundaboutwaybysayingsomethingthatisnotrelatedtothetopicoftheconversationatthatmoment。Byviolatingtherelationmaxim,theotherperson,Alice,caneasilyunderstandthatTimedidntwanttohelpher,andatthesametime,didntfeelhurtortooembarrassed。 Therequirementofmannermaximisthatthespeakershouldmakehisorherwordsclear,brief,andorderly。 Time:Doyoupromisetobeconcise? Alice:well,Icanmost Time:BecauseiftheresonethingthatIdonotlike,itispeoplewhoareunable,unwilling,oruncompelledtofromshortsentences。 WhenAliceaskedTimeforsomehelp,heaskedAlicetomakeherstatementsasconciseaspossible。However,whenTimewasdescribinghowwordywerethosepeoplehehasevermetbefore,Time,himself,wasmakingawordysentence,withthreewordsthatalmostconveythesamemeaning,unable,unwilling,uncompelled。 Here,theimplicatureshowedwhatastupidcharacterTimeis,andalsobringasenseofhumortotheaudience。Apersonwhoasksotherpeopletoshortentheirstatementareactuallymakingaverywordyremark。 Basedonthecooperativeprinciple,thepaperfindssometypicalexampleofviolationofthequantity,quality,relation,andmannermaxim,andanalyzeshowtheyareappliedinthemovie,andtheimplicaturesbehindthelinesareelaborated。 Reference 〔1〕Pecci,J。S。(2000)。Pragmatics。ForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPress。 〔2〕WangXi。(2011)。APragmaticStudyofEnglishPuns〔D〕。QufuNormalUniversity。