Abstract
This research entitled “Flouting Maxims in BBC Series “Sherlock A Study In Pink”” aims at investigating the flouting maxims and analyzing the context of situation behind the flouting maxims produced by the character in Sherlock: A Study In pink. Sometimes speaker blatantly and deliberately fails to fulfill the certain maxims because the speaker wants to express the implicit meaning hidden behind the literal meaning. The data was taken from the utterance of the characters in “Sherlock: A Study in Pink”. The observation method is used in collecting the data since the data are obtained from spoken source like movie. The/ method and technique of analyzing data used in this study was descriptive qualitative method. By applying Grice's cooperative principle and his theories on flouting and theory of Context of Situation by Halliday and Hassan (1985), certain conversations show recurring uses of flouts and the reason by context of situation. From the analysis, the most flouted maxim from the collected data is maxim of relation and the least flouted maxim is maxim of quantity and quality. There are several utterances that has flouted more than one maxim. Another point is about the context of situation behind the flouting maxim occurred in the data. There are several context of situation that make the characters flouted the maxim based on the analysis. By knowing the context of situation, the participant can easily conclude the meaning behind the flouting maxim.
Highlights
To explain what is the context of situation behind the occurrence of flouting maxim in BBC Series Sherlock: A Study In Pink
To analyze the first problem, which is “What types of maxims are flouted in the BBC Series Sherlock: A Study in Pink?” this study use the Flouting of the four maxims or Flouting Maxim by Herbert Paul Grice (1975)
To analyze the second problem, which is “What types of maxims are flouted in the BBC Series Sherlock: A Study in Pink?”, this study use the theory of context of situation by Halliday and Hassan (1985)
Summary
Stated in Oxford Dictionary (Hornby, 2010: 320), conversation is an informal talk involving a small group of people or only two. Flouting maxim is the reason why some conversation can be understandable by the participants. What types of maxim are flouted in the BBC Series Sherlock: A Study In Pink.?. B. What is the context of situation behind the occurrence of flouting maxim in the BBC Series Sherlock: A Study In Pink?. To identify what types of maxim that are flouted in the dialogue inside BBC Series Sherlock: A Study In Pink b. To explain what is the context of situation behind the occurrence of flouting maxim in BBC Series Sherlock: A Study In Pink. Data Source The data in this study were taken from a series broadcasted in BBC One UK entitled Sherlock: A Study in Pink on 25th of July 2010. A Study in Pink screenplay was written by Steven Moffat and directed by Paul McGuaian
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