Abstract
This study is entitled Reasons for Flouting Maxim in Talk Show. The aim is to analyze the types of flouting maxim used by the participants in the talk show through their utterances based on theory of Conversational Maxim proposed by Grice and supporting theory Context of Situation by Halliday & Hasan to see how the maxim is flouted. The data was taken from one of the famous American talk shows which contains various topics of talk and the implementation of the conversational maxim, it is The Ellen Show. The data was collected by using observation method. Descriptive qualitative method was used as a method and technique of analyzing data. The data was presented in a form of words and sentences. The results show that all types of maxim are flouted in the talk show. The most flouted maxim found in conversation is maxim of quantity because the participants deliver more information than it is required even though that experience is based on their experiences.
Highlights
Communication is needed for all people who are living in a community or society
It presents The analysis of Grice Maxims, flouting of the maxim, as well as the reasons of flouting maxim occurring during the talk show The Ellen Show: Wil Smith Episode
Based on the previous analysis, this study focuses on the analysis of flouting maxims using the theory proposed by Herbert Paul Grice (1975) with supporting theory of Context of Situation by Halliday & Hasan in Talk Show “The Ellen Show: Will Smith Episode”
Summary
Communication is needed for all people who are living in a community or society. In order to make a successful communication, the speaker and the hearer need to make an understandable conversation to avoid misunderstanding. The rules of conversation are needed to apply in communication. Grice (1975:45) proposed a term called cooperative principle and conversational maxim to get effective communication as informative as clearly, which are the branches of pragmatic study. The cooperative principle maintains that people follow a pattern in conversation, while conversational maxims are a set of rules applied by the people in order to uphold the effectiveness of communication. Sometimes the participants unconsciously or even consciously disobey the rule of the conversational maxim and not following the cooperative principle. This condition is known as the flouting of the maxims
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