Floutings Of Cooperative Principle Maxims In The Movie “College Road Trip”

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Endah Budi Karyati - C0306025 - Fak. Sastra dan Seni Rupa

2011.. Thesis: English Department of Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts. Sebelas Maret University. The research is conducted to find out the strategies of flouting the maxims employed by the characters in the film entitled College Road Trip, the situation when the maxims are flouted in the conversation, and the intention of the speakers in flouting the maxims in their utterance. In analyzing the Cooperative Principle, the research uses pragmatics study. I applied descriptive qualitative research to achieve the goals. All of the family dialogues containing the flouting of maxims in the movie entitled College Road Trip are taken as the data. There are 23 data which have been analyzed using Grice’s theory of Cooperative Principle. The findings of the analysis can be seen as follows: First, there are three maxims flouted in the movie entitled College Road Trip. They are the Quantity maxim, the Quality maxim, and the Relation maxim. Most of the characters flout the maxim of Quantity in the movie College Road Trip by giving more or less information than is required. There are 10 data which show that the characters flout the maxim of Quantity. The flouts of Quality maxims are found in eight data. Most characters flout the maxim of Quality by saying something untrue and using hyperbole. Then, the maxim of Relation is flouted twice by the characters. They flout the maxim of Relation by giving irrelevant response. Second, most speakers flout the maxim of Quantity when they are worrying about someone. The flouting of Quality maxim occurs when the speakers 1 Mahasiswa Jurusan Sastra Inggris dengan NIM C0306025 2 Dosen Pembimbing get angry, be afraid of, and dislike something. The maxim of Relation is flouted by the speakers when they worry about someone, get afraid of being scolded, and get someone’s opinion. Third, there are several intentions of the speakers in flouting the maxims. The intention can be achieved by flouting and overlapping different maxims. It is found that most of the speakers intend to refuse, to show their feeling, to convince, and to ask for doing something by flouting the maxims. The intention of flouting maxims is influenced by the relation among the characters. Referring to the conclusion above, this research is expected to give a contribution for the readers in studying the flouting of maxims. It is suggested that other researchers conduct further research about the non-observance of maxims concerned in the superior-inferior status.