@misc{10481/31778, year = {2008}, month = {6}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/31778}, abstract = {The development of L2 learners’ pragmatic competence plays a key role in the achievement of communicative competence. Thus, we have designed an activity for students of English that aims to explain the generation of humour through language applying Grice’s model of conversational implicatures to four stretches of discourse from Friends. The analysis of the sample suggests that (1) the Gricean model is still a powerful tool to explain the generation of humorous situations by means of language, and (2) it is a useful device for second language learners to infer the correct meaning of language in real life situations.}, abstract = {El desarrollo de la competencia pragmática en aprendices de lengua extrajera es fundamental en el logro de la competencia comunicativa. Por ello, hemos diseñado una actividad para estudiantes de inglés basada en la aplicación del modelo de implicaturas conversacionales de Grice a una serie de fragmentos de discurso de Friends. El análisis sugiere (1) que el modelo de Grice todavía explica eficazmente la generación de situaciones humorísticas a través del lenguaje, y (2) que es un instrumento útil para que los aprendices de lenguas extranjeras puedan inferir el significado correcto del lenguaje en situaciones reales.}, publisher = {Universidad de Granada}, keywords = {Pragmatic competence}, keywords = {Competencia pragmática}, keywords = {Grice's cooperative principle}, keywords = {Principio cooperativo de grice}, keywords = {Humour}, keywords = {Humor}, keywords = {Audio-visual material}, keywords = {Materiales audiovisuales}, title = {The teachability of pragmatics in SLA: friends' humour through grice}, doi = {10.30827/Digibug.31778}, author = {Martínez Fernández, Beatriz and Fernández Fontecha, Almudena}, }