Abstract
Interpretation of Figurative Implicature in Malay Film
Highlights
Language is a tool that humans use to communicate with each other
Malay community for example often uses figurative sentence implicature in the conversation. This is clearly illustrated in the art of Malay filmmaking that uses a number of figurative sentence implicature dialogue
The processing effort is easy because the speaker and the listener know what is being discussed and are assisted by references included by the speaker through the symbolism used or the proverbs used
Summary
Language is a tool that humans use to communicate with each other. Languages have certain formulas or rules that are clearly agreed upon by the users of a language. The definition of language itself has many meanings and views among language philosophers. What is certain is that language is a tool used to communicate between human beings. Every society in the world has a different pattern of use or style of language when communicating with each other. Colored with the use of dialects according to the mixture of the spoken language. The Malay community is known for its refinement and the language tend to use speech containing two layers of meaning, metaphor or implicatures
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