Maxim Flouts Strategies Analysis in The Main Characters Utterances in “Freedom Writers” Movie
Keywords:
Pragmatics, Cooperative Principle, Maxim Flouts, Freedom WritersAbstract
This research is under pragmatic study. The objectives are the strategies used by the main characters in "Freedom Writers" movie to flout the maxims. This research was descriptive qualitative. It concerned with the description of the data in the form of utterances produced by the main characters in which maxim flouts exists. The results show that all maxims of Cooperative Principle are flouted. They are maxim of quality, quantity, manner and relation. there are some strategies used by the main characters to flout the maxims. To flout the maxim of quantity, the main characters use the strategies of giving too much information and too little information. To flout the maxim of relation, the main characters use the strategies of changing the topic and giving an irrelevant answer. To flout the maxim of quality, the main character use the strategies of using metaphor, banter, sarcasm, irony and hyperbole. Finally, to flout the maxim of manner, the main character use the strategies of being ambiguous and being not brief. Flouts of quantity maxim occurs 15 times. It is followed by flouts of relation maxim which takes place 10 times. The third position is flouts of quality maxim which happens 10 times. The last position is flouts of manner maxim which takes place 5 times. Flouts of quantity maxim gets the highest rank by giving too much information than what is required. The main character who flouts quantity maxim is Erin. She flouts the quantity maxim for many reasons, such as to explain something, to stress her utterances, to make the hearer more understand about the topic.
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