INTEKNA
Vol 12 No 1 (2012)

A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE FLOUTING MAXIMS IN KICK ANDY TALK SHOW: “LASKAR PELANGI” BASED ON GRICE’S COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLE

Evidoyanti . (Politeknik Negeri Banjarmasin)
Siti Kustini (Politeknik Negeri Banjarmasin)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Mar 2017

Abstract

The present study addresses the issue of flouting maxims in talk show conversations viewed from a Gricean perspective. Conversations in Kick Andy talk show; “Laskar Pe-langi” were analyzed with regard to acts of flouting of Grice’s maxims. The qualitative da-ta of the study gave evidence that three out of four Gricean maxims were flouted. The most frequently maxim flouted encountered was the maxim of quantity (71.42%); the se-cond maxim flouted was the maxim of relevance (61.90%); and the least frequent maxim flouted was the maxim of manner (42%). Giving long-winded responses, changing the topic of the conversation abruptly, giving too much information than the situations requir-ed, and lacking of ability to interpret the questions were considered to be the causal fac-tors of the speakers’ failure in fulfilling the maxims.

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