Pragmatic Analysis On The Implementation Of Maxim Of Quantity On “Exclusive Prabowo Subianto With Dalton Tanonaka” News Interview And Its Implication On Teaching Speaking

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Ghania Rizky El Haq - K2210029 - Fak. KIP

This Research Is Qualitative Descriptive Analysis On The Flouting Of Maxim Of Quantity, One Of Conversational Rules Suggested By Grice. The Objectives Of The Research Are To Find Out How Maxims Of Quantity Are Flouted In The News Interview, What Causes It, And The Purposes Of Flouting Maxims Of Quantity In “Exclusive Prabowo Subianto With Dalton Tanonaka”. The Data Were Taken From Prabowo Subianto‟S Utterances In A News Interview Entitled “Exclusive Prabowo Subianto With Dalton Tanonaka”. The Data Are 30 Utterances Containing The Flouting Of Maxim Of Quantity. In Collecting The Data, There Are Some Steps Done, 1) Watching Some Episodes Of The Exclusive Interview With Dalton Tanonaka, 2) Choosing The Best Topic To Be Identified, 3) Identifying The Interviews Which Have Been Chosen, 4) Deciding The Interview To Be Identified, 5) Watching The Interview, 6) Transcribing The Whole Dialogues In The Interview, 7) Identifying The Dialogues In Script Of The Interview, 8) Selecting The Dialogues Which Contain Maxim Of Quantity, 9) Giving Code For The Participant Of The Interview Who Becomes The Object Of The Research, 10) Giving Code For Each Datum, For Example: 01/Ps/00.01.11, 11) Doing Deep Analysis Of The Listed Dialogues Contain Grice‟S Maxims And Cooperative Principle. While Steps Of Analyzing Data Consist Of Three Steps: Data Reduction, Data Display, And Drawing Conclusion. Data Reduction Includes The Elimination Of Unrelated Data. In Data Display, There Are Two Steps: Describing The Context Of The Dialogue Containing Flout Of Maxim Of Quantity And Analyzing The Flout Of Maxim Of Quantity And Its Purpose. In The Last Step, Drawing Conclusion, It Concludes Whether Prabowo Subianto Flouts The Maxim Of Quantity By Giving More Information Or Less Information Than Is Required. The Findings Of The Research Are As Follows: First, Out Of The 30 Utterances Which Have Been Analyzed, Each Contains More Information Than Is Required. Second, The Causes Of Maxim Flouting Are The Speaker‟S Dissatisfaction, Knowledge/Fact Sharing, And Protecting Speaker‟S Self-Esteem. From Those Three Causes, Knowledge/Fact Sharing Is The Most Frequent Cause Of Flouting, While The Second Most Frequent Is Protecting Speaker‟S Self-Esteem. Third, The Purposes Of Maxim Flouting Are The Intention Of Showing Off, The Desire Of Avoiding Misunderstanding, The Silence Of Speaking Partner, And The Desire Of Providing Clear Information. The Most Frequent Purpose To Flout The Maxim Is The Desire Of Providing Clear Information, And The Second Most One Is The Desire Of Providing Clear Information.