"COULD YOU CALL ME A TAXI?": CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURES AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS IN INTERACTIONS BETWEEN BRAZILIAN AND PORTUGUESE PEOPLE
Abstract
In this paper, we delve into the generation and interpretation of specific conversational implicatures (CIs) in Brazilian Portuguese (BP). We began with a literature review, with particular emphasis on Conversational Pragmatics and communicative intentions. Utilizing data from speaker-listener interactions between Portuguese and Brazilian individuals, we sought to validate the hypothesis that distinctions exist in the communicative use of language between BP and European Portuguese (EP), especially concerning the generation and interpretation of certain CIs. Our results are articulated using the Gricean concepts of conversational maxims, their violations, and the ensuing generation of CIs. Our findings corroborate that the typical generation of CIs in BP often diverges from that in EP, leading to communication discrepancies. The primary theoretical foundation of this study is anchored in the works of Grice (1975[1982]), Levinson (2007), and Dascal (1982; 2005).
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