“用埃拉.庞德的话讲写作的艺术在于简洁。”那就是用最简单最清晰的话语。海明威的作品尤其如此。《如白象般的群山》便是一个很好的例子。文章中没有太多的背景描写,基本由对话组成,给卖者留下很大的想象空间。本文运用言语行为及对话合作原则分析看似简单实则丰富的对话,由此发掘出小说蕴涵的深意。 The art of writing in the words of Ela Pound is simplicity. “That is the simplest and clearest language. This is especially true of Hemingway’s work. ”Elephants" like a white elephant is a good example. The article does not describe too much background, the basic composition of the dialogue, to the seller left a lot of imagination. In this paper, we use the principles of speech act and dialogue cooperation to analyze the seemingly simple but actually rich conversations, thus discovering the meaning implied in the novel.