CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURE IN INCEPTION MOVIE
DIALOGUE
A Thesis
Submitted to Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra
By:
Handrian Nofry Emardos Sigalingging
Registration Number. 209220016
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS
STATE UNIVERSITY OF MEDAN
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This thesis is aimed at fulfilling one of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra at the English Department, Faculty of Languages and Arts, State University of Medan.
Praise the Lord, the Almighty and the Merciful Lord, Jesus Christ, for amazing love, blessing and strength to the writer in finishing this thesis.
The writer realized that this thesis could not have been accomplished without the guidance; suggestions, comments and encouragement also help from several people. Therefore, the writer would like to extend her special gratitude to:
1. Prof. Dr. Ibnu Hajar Damanik, M. Si., the Rector of State University of Medan.
2. Dr. Isda Pramuniati, M. Hum., the Dean of Faculty of Languages and Arts, State University of Medan.
3. Prof. Dr. Hj. Sumarsih, M. Pd., the Head of English Department, Faculty of Languages and Arts, State University of Medan.
4. Rika, S.Pd., M. Hum., the secretary of English Department, Faculty of Languages and Arts, State University of Medan.
5. Dra. Meisuri, M. A., the Head of Study Program of English Literature, Faculty of Languages and Arts, State University of Medan. 6. Drs. Lidiman Sahat Martua Sinaga, M. Hum., Thesis Consultant
who had given his valuable suggestions, advice, motivation, guidance and precious time in completing and correcting this thesis.
7. Prof. Dr. Busmin Gurning, M. Pd., Dra. Meisuri, M. A., Dr. Sri Minda Murni, M. S., Thesis Advisers who had given valuable suggestions, advice, and precious time in correcting this thesis.
8. Beloved parents, Tanto Sigalingging and Lasmaria Pasaribu, angels who always give everlasting affection, support, and prayer. Handsome brother Irson Permadi Surya Sigalingging and two beautiful sisters Yoviananda Permatasari Sigalingging and Shinta Dewi Anggraini Sigalingging for love, supports, and prayers.
9. Comrades in English Literature ‘09 class A and B for all togetherness and supports.
10.Mam Euis for favors and suggestions.
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their name one by one. At last but not at least thanks for all the love. Finally, there is no rose without thorn.
Medan, April 2014 The writer
Handrian Sigalingging
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ABSTRACT
Sigalingging, Handrian Nofry Emardos. 209220016. Conversational Implicature in Inception Movie Dialogue. A Thesis. The Faculty of Languange and Art (FBS). State University of Medan (UNIMED). Medan. 2014.
This study dealt with Conversational Implicature in Inception Movie Dialogue. The objectives of this study were to find out the most dominant types of Conversational Implicature and the meaning of each implicature. This research on this thesis was conducted by using qualitative descriptive design. The data were taken from Inception movie script that was released in 2010. The data were analyzed and classified into two types of conversational implicature in the procedures namely Generalized Conversational Implicature and Particularized Conversational Implicature. There were 36 conversational implicatures occured in the characters dialogue from Inception movie. The findings indicated that there were Generalized Conversational Implicature 21 (58,33%) and Particularized Conversational Implicature 15 (41,67%). Generalized Conversational Implicature as the most dominant type of conversational implicature was used in Inception movie, it means that most of the dialogue could be drawn from linguistic feature and general fact without considering the context.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT ... i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ... ii
TABLE OF CONTENT ... iv
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ... 1
A. The Background of the Study ... 1
B. Problems of the Study ... 5
C. The Scope of the Study ... 5
D. The Objective of the Study ... 5
E. The Significance of the Study ... 6
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE ... 7
A. Conversational Implicature ... 7
1. Generalized Conversational Implicature ... 11
2. Particularized Conversational Implicature ... 13
B. Inception ... 13
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD ... 19
A. Research Design ... 19
B. Source of Data ... 19
C. Technique of Collecting Data ... 20
D. Technique of Analyzing Data ... 20
CHAPTER IV DATA AND DATA ANALYSIS ... 22
A. Data ... 22
B. Data Analysis ... 23
CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ... 43
A. Conclusions ... 43
B. Suggestions ... 43
REFERENCES ... 45
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CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
A. Conclusions
From the findings, the writer found the total 36 occurances of
conversational implicatures. Belows are the complete conclusion:
1. The two types of conversational implicature were occurred in the
Inception movie dialogue. They were Generalized Conversational
Implicature (21) and Particularized Conversational Implicature (15). The
most dominant type of conversational implicature was Generalized
Conversational Implicature.
2. Finally, those findings prove that implicature was used as an effective tool
of communication. In majority, verbal communications with conversation
implicatures were successful when the meaning conveyed by the speaker
was recovered as a result of the hearer’s inference. The communication
was successful even though conversational implicatures were produced.
This meant that the hearers always manage interaction so that meanings
were successful exchanged with others.
B. Suggestions
The writer hoped that the learners can get the higher awareness and
understanding of predicting the conveyed meaning when communicating so that
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The writer also hoped that this study will contribute some useful
information to Indonesian users of English in understanding implicatures. The
writer suggested that the future researchers conduct similar topic of conversational
implicature but with different aspects, involving more complete data and the
different subjects in order to generalize these findings so that some contributions,
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BIOGRAPHY
His name is Handrian Nofry Emardos Sigalingging, born in Pangaribuan, North Sumatera on February 27th 1991. His family are one brother and two sisters of Tanto Sigalingging and Lasmaria Pasaribu.
