Dissecting discourse practices In the …show more content…
Thus I am subjugated to being her nephew and someone who is perhaps less mature. This relational dominance is established may times through our email exchange by her use of short abrupt sentences that are very direct and interrogatory questions that question my sincerity through implicatures. Examples of this relational dominance can be found in my aunts second email when she says, “is it because you have another smart phone that’s not an IPhone?” and in her last email “I’ve got Laney, Does she have and IPhone?” Although these few quotes may seem to be legitimate questions, knowing the individual my aunt is, there was most likely a bit of sarcasm behind those remarks. Thus my aunt is flouting the quality maxim, by addressing an issue she already knows the answer to. The use of short concise sentences that are very direct is an example of where my aunt uses the manner maxim with implicatures as to direct my response. Examples would be, “ Yours just didn’t show up.” and “See if you can get on that one.” Through these small implicatures based throughout the email, I believe that I am able to see the layers of interactional meaning that are being