CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURE IN RAJá¾¹ AL-SANEAâ€™S NOVEL BANá¾¹T AL-RIYá¾¹á¸Œ (Ø¨Ù†Ø§Øª Ø§Ù„Ø±Ù‘ÙŠØ§Ø¶) (A Content Analysis)

Dedie Rusmiadie

doi:10.21009/bahtera.172.02

Abstract

Abstract Objective of this study is to gain understanding about types of implicature and violation of cooperative Maxim in Rajaa Al Saneaâ€™s novel The Girl of Riyadh (Ø¨Ù†Ø§Øª Ø§Ù„Ø±Ù‘ÙŠØ§Ø¶). The study took place between August, 2016 and March, 2017. The study was a qualitative study with content analysis method, which involved data collection, data processing, data analysis and data display. The focus of this study was analyzing two types of implicatures used in utterances in the novel, namely conventional and non-conventional implicature as well as violations of Griceâ€™s Cooperative Principles resulting in implicature, namely Maxim of quantity, Maxim of relevance, Maxim of manner, Maxim of relevance-quality, Maxim of quantity-quality and Maxim of quantity-manner. The findings of this study have theoretical contributions to Arabic learning theories in university, in general and provide examples of foreign language implicatures, in particular. Keywords: Conventional Implicature, Conversational Implicature, Violation of Cooperative Maxim

Highlights

Objective of this study is to gain understanding about types of implicature and violation of cooperative Maxim in Rajaa Al Sanea’s novel The Girl of Riyadh (‫)بنات ال ّرياض‬
Interaction speaker’s utterances because the utterances takes place between individuals even violate the principles of cooperation
“Pragmatics is the study of deixis

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Introduction

Objective of this study is to gain understanding about types of implicature and violation of cooperative Maxim in Rajaa Al Sanea’s novel The Girl of Riyadh (‫)بنات ال ّرياض‬. Applying maxim of quality in Grice’s Cooperative Principles, a speaker is expected to be able to convey factual, valid and reliable message in a conversation. Non-factual and invalid messages violate Grice's Cooperative Principle, maxim of quality. When neither speaker nor interlocutor gives contribution in a conversation, the conversation violates maxim of relevance and Grice’s Cooperative Principles.

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