The Relations between Principles of Pragmatics and Tests & Teaching

Abstract

Among various principles of pragmatics, “Cooperative Principle” and “Theory of Conversational Implicature” claim great significance, which have been well illustrated and adequately applied by a considerable number of scholars and experts like Grice, George Yule, etc. After consulting relevant works and literature in this sphere, the writer of this paper noticed, however, the exploration of the application of these two theories in English tests is far from enough. In view of this situation, the writer of this paper attempts to, by selecting some test items and from the perspective of “Co-薛冰