Many scholars have studied advertisements and advertising language, however, most of those studies are lacking in theories. In order to make a systematic and comparatively comprehensive study in this field, the researcher adopts the CP in this thesis.
The CP is an important theory in pragmatics put forward by Paul Grice in 1967. In this theory, Grice proposed that there must be a certain mechanism (CP) governing the production and comprehension of utterances. He also suggested that there is a set of maxims (the maxim of quality, quantity, relation and manner) guiding the process of successful conversation. However, it’s important to note that, for some reason, the maxims of CP are often violated. The non-observance of CP usually creates certain implicated meanings, in other words, it gives rise to what is so-called” conversational implicature”. This thesis analyzes the auto advertising language of specialized auto magazines from the angle of the non-observance of CP.