Journal of English Language Teaching and Literature (JELITA)
Vol 1 No 1 (2020): Journal of English Language Teaching and Literature (JELITA)

Principle of Cooperation in Human Conversation

Risma Sari (Universitas Lancang Kuning, Pekanbaru)
Suci Chairunnisa (SMA Seri Rama YLPI, Riau)
Kristina Gultom (SMAN 3, Pekanbaru)
Ega Sauly Sitio (SMAN 7, Pekanbaru)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Jan 2020

Abstract

In communication, each party involved, namely between the speaker and the speech partner, will always try to convey his speech effectively and efficiently. Grice mentioned that a reasonable discourse could occur if the speaker and hearer are compliant with the principle of cooperative communication. This study aims to explain what it is called maxims in human conversation. The data in this qualitative study were taken from 5 prominent articles which explain and review the theory. This research uses a descriptive qualitative form to analyze and describe the words or sentences used in defining the theory proposed by Grice. The results of this study, in brief, mentioned the principle of cooperation in conversation consists of four conversational maxims, namely: Maxim of quantity, Maxim of quality, Maxim of Relevance and Maxim of implementation.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jelita

Publisher

Subject

Arts Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

This journal aims at covering (but not limited) the fields of: Education: Basic and Intermediate Education, Higher Education, Issues in Education, Educational Theories, Educational Psychology, Educational Philosophy, Teacher Training and Education Science, Curriculum and Materials Development, ...