CONVERSATIONAL MAXIMS IN LOLA SHONEYIN'S THE SECRET LIVES OF BABA SEGI'S WIVES

ABSTRACT

For a successful communication to be achieved in any environment, it is very important that speakers follow some basic principles that will aid smooth, understandable and well organized communication free from any sort of misconception. Without these principles, communication cannot take place or there would be failure in communication. Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s wives highlights some conversational principles identified as Paul Grice’s conversational maxim which she utilizes to give accurate account of all the incidents she successfully relates to her readers. Through the use of these conversational maxims in the text, the readers are able to understand the information the author intends to pass across.