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【Abstract】This paper selects conflict talks from five movies and novels as linguistic data， and by applying “Speech Act theory” and “Cooperative Principle” into the study， this paper classifies conflict talks into four basic categories in terms of the cause. By systematically discussing and organizing the conflict talks in love， this paper aims to enlighten people the significance of maintaining a harmonious love relationship through the art of language from the opposite perspective i.e. the negative pragmatic effect of conflict talks.
【Key words】conflict talks; pragmatics; speech act; cooperative principle; love relationship
【作者簡介】海江凝（1998.06.04-），女，回族，河南郑州人，中央民族大学，本科在读，研究方向：英语语言文学。
The explanation of “conflict” in the context corresponding to conflict talks in Oxford English Dictionary is “a situation in which there are opposing ideas， opinions， feelings or wishes.” Accordingly， a conflict talk can be collectively called the antagonistic discourse caused by the participants’ different opinions， positions， perspectives etc.，such as arguments， wrangles， disagreements， rebuts， and so on. American philosopher-linguistic John Searle divided speech acts into five general categories on the basis of his classification of illocutionary acts（ Weidong Dai， Zhaoxiong He 82）. This paper borrows from Searle’s classification and divides the conflict talks into four types--conflict talks of representatives， directives and expressiveness， along with another illocutionary point which is not included in Searle’s classification， the interrogative conflict talks. Conflicts talks are a common linguistic phenomena in a love relationship which are not only blocking the normal communication but also destroying the relationship.
Five sets of conversations are selected from English movies or novels as the linguistic data of this paper. John Austin’s Speech Act theory， John Searle’s classification of speech acts and the Cooperative Principle raised by Paul Grice are applied into the analysis. The speaking turn will be represented by the letter “T”.
【Key words】conflict talks; pragmatics; speech act; cooperative principle; love relationship
【作者簡介】海江凝（1998.06.04-），女，回族，河南郑州人，中央民族大学，本科在读，研究方向：英语语言文学。
1. Introduction
The explanation of “conflict” in the context corresponding to conflict talks in Oxford English Dictionary is “a situation in which there are opposing ideas， opinions， feelings or wishes.” Accordingly， a conflict talk can be collectively called the antagonistic discourse caused by the participants’ different opinions， positions， perspectives etc.，such as arguments， wrangles， disagreements， rebuts， and so on. American philosopher-linguistic John Searle divided speech acts into five general categories on the basis of his classification of illocutionary acts（ Weidong Dai， Zhaoxiong He 82）. This paper borrows from Searle’s classification and divides the conflict talks into four types--conflict talks of representatives， directives and expressiveness， along with another illocutionary point which is not included in Searle’s classification， the interrogative conflict talks. Conflicts talks are a common linguistic phenomena in a love relationship which are not only blocking the normal communication but also destroying the relationship.
2. Linguistic data and theory application
Five sets of conversations are selected from English movies or novels as the linguistic data of this paper. John Austin’s Speech Act theory， John Searle’s classification of speech acts and the Cooperative Principle raised by Paul Grice are applied into the analysis. The speaking turn will be represented by the letter “T”.