Elysian Journal : English Literature, Linguistics, and Translation Studies
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2023): Elysian Journal : English Literature, Linguistics, and Translation Studies

Context Situation Analysis of Characters’ Utterance in “Little” Movie: Maxim of Quality Violation

I Gede Krismon Andika Putra (MAHASARASWATI DENPASAR UNIVERSITY)
Putu Devi Maharani (Unknown)
Putu Desi Anggerina Hikmaharyanti (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
16 Feb 2023

Abstract

The research is concerning about the maxim violation of quality in which focuses in the portrayal of context situation that can be identified in the Little movie. The cooperative principles are roles or principles by Paul Grice’s theory (1975) in which used in the conversational analysis as purpose to make the idea or information easier to recognize and acceptable by the participants, speakers or the listeners in the conversation, where the types of the maxim include: maxim of quantity, maxim of quality, maxim of relevance and lastly the maxim of manner. The analyses are about the maxim violation in the Little movie applied the descriptive method in presenting data. In this analysis focuses on violation of the maxim quality, which can be identified 15 data of maxim violation of quality, and also concerning the portrayal of the context situation (field, tenor, and mode) based on Halliday & Hassan theory (1985) that consist of several scenes.   Keywords: Maxim Violation Quality, Movie, Grice’s Theory, Context Situation

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Journal Info

Abbrev

elysian

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Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

ELYSIAN JOURNAL is a journal with the scope of literary studies, linguistics and English translation published by the English Study Program, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Mahasaraswati Denpasar University (FBA UNMAS Denpasar). This journal is published four times a year accommodating articles ...