Abstract
The present study is an analysis of the flouting maxim in Good Morning America (GMA) talk show in which Jackie Chan was invited as the guest star. The goals of this research are to find out the performed flouted maxim(s) by the hosts and the guest and to reveal the reason(s) behind the occurrence of the maxim(s). In this study, the researchers employed the qualitative method, and data were collected from a video. The transcript text of the utterances between the hosts and Jackie Chan as a guest consisting of flouting maxim was the instrument of this research. Then, to find and analyze the flouting maxim showed in the video, the researchers used Grice's (1975) theory Cooperative Principles consisting of four maxim types: quality, quantity, relation, and manner. The result showed that all four types of maxim flouting were committed by both Jackie Chan and the two hosts of the GMA talk show. The highest flouting maxims found were flouting the maxim of quantity and manner. Further, the study also revealed the rationales behind maxims flouting, which were beneficial to build fun communication and to elaborate more explanations.
Highlights
Language can be used in many forms of people’s life, such as in written or spoken forms
To avoid the occurrence of communication breakdown, we could apply the cooperative principles introduced by Grice (1975) which was further developed by other prominent linguists (e.g. Leech, 1983; Levinson, 1983; Thomas, 1995; Yule, 1996; Vergis, 2017)
Findings and discussion Fifteen utterances were found based on the conversation between the hosts of the Good Morning America (GMA) talk show and Jackie Chan
Summary
Language can be used in many forms of people’s life, such as in written or spoken forms. According to Ekah and Akpan (2018), language is an essential tool for both written and spoken communication. People usually use the spoken form when they want to interact directly with other people to build good communication. Building good communication is not easy; it needs an equivalent understanding and a higher comprehension of the information given by the speaker or the listener. If the speaker and listener do not have a good comprehension of the information, it will undeniably cause a communication breakdown. To avoid the occurrence of communication breakdown, we could apply the cooperative principles introduced by Grice (1975) which was further developed by other prominent linguists To avoid the occurrence of communication breakdown, we could apply the cooperative principles introduced by Grice (1975) which was further developed by other prominent linguists (e.g. Leech, 1983; Levinson, 1983; Thomas, 1995; Yule, 1996; Vergis, 2017)
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