Mohsen Ghassemi; Roya Sedighi Ziabari; reza kheirabadi
Abstract
In recent years, game theory has penetrated various sciences such as political science, computer science, biology and the social sciences. It has been used to explain and interpret some of the dumb concepts and to study a wide range of topics including how decision makers interact in a competitive environment, ...
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In recent years, game theory has penetrated various sciences such as political science, computer science, biology and the social sciences. It has been used to explain and interpret some of the dumb concepts and to study a wide range of topics including how decision makers interact in a competitive environment, in which the outcome of each factor’s decision influences the outcomes of other factors. The present study, adopting Kerpindorff’s (2004) content analysis approach, sought to analyze the four principles of Grice’s Cooperation Principle (which is based on purpose and meaning) using game theory. The results of the study indicated that in the case of violation of any of the Grice’s principles which may result in communication breakdown, the game theory adequately compensates for it
hayat ameri; reza kheirabadi; masume kheirabadi
Abstract
The present study scrutinized news stories of Persian-language newspapers within Mental Spaces theory. The concept of ‘Mental spaces’ was initially introduced by Fauconnier (1985). It was consequently developed by Fauconnier and Turner (2002) into a model entitled ‘Conceptual Integration ...
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The present study scrutinized news stories of Persian-language newspapers within Mental Spaces theory. The concept of ‘Mental spaces’ was initially introduced by Fauconnier (1985). It was consequently developed by Fauconnier and Turner (2002) into a model entitled ‘Conceptual Integration Theory’. Mental Spaces theory assumes that meaning is not simply pre-existing stored knowledge encoded by language; rather, it is a consequence of its usage in the context; as a result, it is possible to trace mental spaces created by authors based on linguistic features and relations among particles. In the present descriptive-analytical study, six news stories excerpted from two Persian daily newspapers, which reflected the same theme and event from different perspectives, were analyzed. The findings showed that news editors utilize different mental spaces to impose their opinions and beliefs on their audiences and to lead the news flow to a direction on which the base space, namely newspaper headline, has been based. The findings of this study can be applied to newspaper discourse analyses.
