THE STUDY OF VIOLATING MAXIMS USED BY THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN ANOTHER CINDERELLA STORY MOVIE
A THESIS
Submitted as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Sarjana Degree of English Department Faculty of Letters and Humanities the State Islamic
University of Sunan Ampel Surabaya
By:
NAILATUL UMNIYATI
Reg. Number: A03212057
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LETTERS AND HUMANITIES STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY SUNAN AMPEL
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Umniyati, Nailatul. 2016. The Study of Violating Maxims Used by the Main Characters in Another Cinderella Story Movie. English Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, State Islamic University Sunan Ampel Surabaya. Advisor: Raudlotul Jannah, MApp.Ling
Key words: Cooperative Principles, Violating maxims, “Another Cinderella Story” movie.
This study deals with the violation of maxims in the movie entitled ‘Another Cinderella Story. The aims of this study are two. The first is to find out the types of violating maxims used by the main characters in Another Cinderella Story movie. The second is to know the main characters’ reason why they violate the maxims in
Another Cinderella Story movie.
In this research, the writer used descriptive research in which the writer analyzed why the violation of the maxim happened in Another Cinderella Story
movie. The writer explained and described the data found in the movie. This research
focused on the types of violation maxims and the reasons used by the main characters in Another Cinderella Story movie. To analyze the types of violation of maxims, the writer used cooperative principles theory by Grice (1975). Then, the writer also used Christoffersen’s theory to analyze the reason why violating the maxims happened.
ABSTRAK
Umniyati, Nailatul. 2016. The Study of Violating Maxims Used by the Main Characters in Another Cinderella Story Movie. English Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, State Islamic University Sunan Ampel Surabaya. Pembimbing: Raudlotul Jannah, M.App.Ling.
Kata Kunci: Cooperative Principles, Violating maxims, “Another Cinderella Story” movie.
Penelitian ini membahas tentang pelanggaran maksim di film yang berjudul ‘Another Cinderella Story’. Ada dua tujuan dari penelitian ini. Yang pertama adalah untuk menemukan jenis-jenis dari pelanggaran maksim yang di gunakan oleh pemeran utama di film Another Cinderella Story. Yang kedua adalah untuk mengetahui alasan dari pemeran utama mengapa mereka melanggar maksim di film
Another Cinderella Story.
Penelitian ini, penulis menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif yang mana penulis menganalisa mengapa pelanggaran maksim terjadi di film Another Cinderella Story. Penulis menjelaskan dan mendeskripsikan data yang mana datany ditemukan di film. Penelitian ini focus pada tipe dari pelanggaran maksim dan alasannya yang dilakukan oleh pemeran utama di film Another Cinderella Story. Untuk menganalisis tipe dari pelanggaran maksim, penulis menggunakan teori prinsip-prinsip dalam berkomunikasi dari Grice (1975). Kemudian penulis juga menggunakan teori dari Christoffersen untuk menganalisis alasan mengapa pelanggaran maksim terjadi.
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TABLE OF CONTENT
Inside Cover Page ... i
Inside Title Page ... ii
Declaration Page ... iii
Motto ... iv
Dedication Page ... v
Thesis Advisor’s Approval Page ... vi
Thesis Examiner’s Approval Page ... vii
Acknowledgments ... viii
Table of Content ... ix
Abstract ... xii
Intisari ... xiii
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study ... 1
1.2 Statement of the Problems ... 5
1.3 Objectives of the Study ... 5
1.4 Significance of the Study ... 6
1.5 Scope and Limitation ... 6
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Theoretical Framework ... 8
2.11 Pragmatics ... 8
2.1.2 Context ... 9
2.1.3 Cooperative Principles ... 10
2.14 Violating Maxims ... 13
2.1.5 Cristoffersen’s Classification ... 16
2.2 Related Studies ... 19
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD 3.1 Research Approach ... 21
3.2 Instrument ... 21
3.3 Data and Data Source ... 22
3.4 Data Collection ... 22
3.5 Data Analysis ... 24
CHAPTER VI FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Findings ... 24
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1 Conclusion ... 54 5.2 Suggestion ... 55
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1Background of Study
A good communication can be well achieved when speaker and hearer can understand each other. In communication, people try to convey ideas and information by producing utterances. The speaker must share ideas or messages clearly to the hearer to avoid misunderstanding between them. In order to run effective and cooperative communication, the hearer needs to know what the speaker meant by giving the required information. Required information means information which is needed by the hearer.
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Those set of rules are in line with what so called Grice’s maxims. Grice’s
maxim is the principle of cooperative communication. The first maxim is called
maxim of quantity in which people should make their contribution as informative as
required. The second maxim is maxim of quality. In this maxim people should give the truth information or what they say must be true. Not telling the lie or hesitate. Be sides, the conversation must be relevance to the interaction. People are assumed to say something which is relevant to what has been said before. This relevance conversation is called maxim of relation. Moreover the fourth maxim is maxim of
manner in which people must give clear idea, and do not use ambiguous language.
(Paltridge, 2007:62).
Successful conversation occurs when the cooperative principles match. But in reality, people usually disobey the Grice’s maxims. They sometimes break the rule of
maxims of quality, quantity, relevance, and manner. Grice (1975) explained that intentionally breaking the rules in conversation to achieve some purposes is called violating maxims (Sadehvandi, and Khosravizadeh 2011: vol.26 page 122). There are many purposes why people violate the maxims. The possible purpose is that they want to mislead the other person. The speakers can be said to violate maxim when they know that the hearer not know the truth and only understand the meaning of words.
There are many reasons why a speaker violates the maxims. One of them is to
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(Setting: Outside Susan’s House. Susan is washing the trailer when Tom approaches.)
Tom : Susan, have you talked to Lynette? Susan : Um, no. Have you tried her cell?”
Tom : Yeah, she isn’t picking up. Do you know where she is? Susan : Uh, no, I’m sorry.
Tom : Susan, I think you do.
Susan : I really don’t, Tom. . Is everything okay? (Tupan and Natalia, 2008. Vol 10 page 27)
Susan lied to Tom that she did not know where Lynette was.
Fact: Susan lied dialed Lynette’s cell phone and told her that Tom tried to look for his wife and sons.
In this case, Susan lied to Tom that she did not know where Lynette was. However, the truth was Susan knew where exactly Lynette and her children were. Susan did it because she had promised Lynnette to keep silent when Tom asked about it. Susan wanted to protect Lynette and did not want to impede Lynette’s family
problem.
When tom asked Susan where Lynette was, Susan was uninformative by giving too short answer. Besides, she also tried to change the topic of the conversation by asking Tom back whether he had tried Lynette’s cell phone or not
when she said “Have you tried her cell?”, so that tom would believe that Susan had
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She violated three of the four maxims because she wanted to concern about someone’s positive face, that is, to hide the truth that she actually knew where
Lynette and her sons were without hurting tom’s feeling. Susan wanted to cheer Tom
by giving no accusation to him and at the same time also to cheer Lynette her secret. From the example of that film, we can know that violating maxims often occurs in communication and has many reasons to violate the maxims. The writer thinks that she needs to analyze or learn about violating maxims and the reasons deeply why violating the maxims happened. From Desperate House film, it possible, there are different reasons why violating maxims happened in other object. And she takes a movie to be object of her analyze about violating the maxims.
The object of this study is a movie entitled “Another Cinderella Story”. It is
retelling of Cinderella fairy tale in a modern setting. It combines the elements of family, romance, music, and comedy. This movie tells about struggling to achieve several dreams in love and career. The writer focuses on the utterances which violated by Mary and Joey as the main characters. The beautiful Mary has dance talent which makes Joey Parker fall in love. The stepmother and stepsisters are jealous to Mary because Joe Parker always cares and supports Mary. Mary’s stepmother and stepsisters always prevent what Mary’s worked. There are several
utterances which the main characters violate the maxims. So that’s way the writer
wanted to analyze why the utterances violate the maxims.
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violating the maxims that proposed by Christoffersen. The reasons are hiding the truth, satisfying the hearer, cheering the hearer, saving face, avoiding to hurt the hearer, feeling jealous about something, convincing the hearer, and building one’s
belief. From those reasons, the writer tries to analyze the reasons why violating the maxims happened in her data. It possible her data match or different with Christoffersen’s classification.
1.2Statement of the Problems
Based on the background of the study, the statement of the problem can be stated as follow:
1. What kinds of maxims are violated by the main characters in Another Cinderella
Story movie?
2. Why are the maxims violated by the main characters in Another Cinderella Story?
1.3Objectives of the Study
This study provides the answer from the problems stated previously. The objectives of the study are:
1. To describe the types of maxims violated by the main characters in A Cinderella
Story movie.
2. To explain the reason why the main characters violate the maxims in Another
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1.4Significance of the Study
This study can be useful for two parties:
1. To the writer herself. By doing this research, the writer reinforces her knowledge because she would apply about Grice’s maxims and Christoffersen’s
classification into a real data which taken from the movie.
2. This research is expected to be very useful for those who are interested in doing research related to violating the maxims.
1.5Scope and Limitation
This is a pragmatics studies. The data focuses on the utterances spoken of the main characters in Another Cinderella Story movie. There are two main characters, they are Mary Santiago and Joey Parker. These main characters have the important part of the story because they can flow the story from the movie. Moreover this study is limited on Grice’s theory of cooperative principles and Christoffersen’s
classification to get the meaning which is contained the utterances of the main characters in the movie.
1.6Definition of Key Terms
In order to avoid misunderstanding of the key term in this study, the writer explains the definition of some key terms as follow:
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Maxims : the rules that must be fulfill to support successful conversation. These maxims refer to Grice’s maxims. The maxims are contained (1) Maxim of quantity means giving necessarily information. (2) Maxim of quality means truth information (3) Maxim of relation means the information must be relevant to topic. (4) Maxims of manner means clear idea, avoiding ambiguity.
Violating Maxims : Violating Maxims take place when speakers intentionally refrain to apply certain maxims in their conversation to achieve some other purposes (Grice in IPER, 2011: vol.26 page 123). Some reasons which violate the maxims are hiding the truth, satisfying the hearer, cheering the hearer, saving face, avoiding to hurt the hearer, feeling jealous about something, convincing the hearer, and building one’s belief.
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2.1Theoretical Framework
In this chapter the writer explains some theories which are related to this study about pragmatics, context, and focuses on cooperative principles theory and violating maxims.
2.1.1 Pragmatics
A successful communication is not only knowing the meaning of words in an utterance, but also knowing what speakers mean by their utterances. The study of what speaker mean is called pragmatics (Yule, 2010:127). Forrester (1996:54) states that pragmatics is an approach to the meaning. The speakers can talk about people’s intended meaning, share their assumption, expectation, purposes or goals, and the kinds of actions (for example, request) when they try to communicate (Yule, 1996:4). In this case, by studying pragmatics, the hearer can understand what the speaker meant to make a good communication.
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context. It interprets what the speaker mean in context and how context influences what is said. For example, in sentence It’s very hot here comes to be interpreted as
Turn on the fan or open the window. Thus, this study is to help people to understand
what the speaker mean.
2.1.2 Context
Pragmatics deals with the meaning of words in context and assumptions of knowledge that speaker and hearer share (Cutting, 2002:3). There are two kinds of context. Those are linguistic context, situational context. Yule (2006:114) states that linguistics context also known as co-text. Co-text has a strong effect on what we think the word probably means. Such as the word fine, as a homonym, it is a single form with more than one meaning. If the word fine is used with word paying, absolutely we are easy deciding which type of fine is a punishment which involve money to redeem. However, if someone says that she looks fine today, we will know from linguistic context which explain about feeling.
Situational context happened when speakers know about what they can see around them. Cutting (2000:4) defines that the situational context is the immediate physical co-presence, the situational where the interaction is taking place at the moment of speaking. In this case, demonstrative pronouns like “that”, “it”, or “this”,
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Mother : what is that? Son : that is a bird.
The situational context is in the house and presumably the mother and her son pointing to either the animal or picture. The word “that” refers to the picture of a bird.
2.1.3 Cooperative Principles
An underlying assumption in most conversational exchanges seems participants are cooperating with each other. Grice in Paltridge (2007:61) argues that to a person ca interpret what someone else says, some kinds of cooperative principles must be assumed to be in operation. The cooperative principles are stated by Grice in the following terms: Make your conversational contribution such as is required which it occurs, by the accepted purpose of the talk exchange in which you are
engaged (Yule, 1996:37). Cooperative principles are set of rules to describe how
speaker and hearer cooperate in their conversation. The function of cooperative principles is to make the speaker and the hearer understand each other.
Speaker and hearer must obey cooperative principles in their communication which is expected to make successful conversation. Grice based his cooperative principles on four principles or maxims. These are maxims of quality, quantity,
relation, and manner (Grice, 2006:68):
1. Maxim of Quantity
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Speakers must be to the point in what the hearer needs. If the speakers give too much information, the hearer will be bored or disturbed. Speakers who give too little information make hearers not being able to identify what they are talking about because they are not clear enough. Specifically this maxim states: 1. Make your contribution as informative as is required. 2. Do not make your contribution more informative than is required.
For example:
Amira : What are you looking for?
Nada : I am looking for my mobile phone.
The example is happened when Nada is busy with her bag and Amira sees her. It shows that Nada answers Amira’s question by giving information as needed by Amira. Nada’s answer is not too much and also not too little. Her remark is precise to
quantity maxim.
2. Maxim of Quality
In this maxim, the conversation is expected to be seriously and speak the truth or fact, the speakers say something that they believe matches to reality. They will not say anything that they guess to be false or anything which they lack evidence. Specifically this maxim states: 1. Do not say what you believe to be false. 2. Do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence.
For example:
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Here Anna gives the wrong statement to the Nino but, Nino gives the right statement because in the fact that Surabaya is in east Java. So, Nino in this dialogue obeys the maxim of quality.
3. Maxim of Relation
Maxim of relation means the utterances must be relevance with topic to what the speaker and hearer discussed. Speakers are assumed to be saying something that is relevant to what has been said before (Cutting, 2002:35). Specifically this maxim states: 1. Be relevant
For example:
Joe : Brian, I saw you in royal Plaza last night. What did you buy?
Brian : I bought clothe and shoes.
From the conversation, Brian’s answer is relevance with Joe’s question. Joe
sees Brian in royal Plaza and he wants to know what Brian buy and Brian gives the answer which stays on the topic.
4. Maxim of Manner
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Avoid obscurity of expression. 2. Avoid ambiguity. 3. Be brief (avoid unnecessary prolixity). 4. Be orderly.
For example:
Al : Where did you put my bag?
El : I put your bag on the table in your room.
From the dialogue, it can be known that El gives clear explanation to Al by saying the position where El put Al’s Bag.
By applying cooperative principles, speaker and hearer should fulfill of maxims which proposed by Grice to make the conversation understood each other. But in reality, people usually break the rules in their conversation. They are called violate the maxims. The detail of violating maxims explanation will be discussed in the next subtitle.
2.1.4 Violating Maxims
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Khosravizadeh 2011: vol.26 page 122). The examples of violating the maxims are follows:
1. Violating the maxim of quantity
Violating maxim of quantity occurred when what the speaker want to say is not appropriate with the hearer’s expect. It can be too short or much information. The
speaker does not give enough information because he/she does not want the hearer know the full condition.
Example:
(the setting: A (a guest) wants to be nicer and friendlier, he smiles to B (a receptionist) and says hello politely. A dog comes and stads beside him. Then A asks B)
A : does your dog bite? B : No
A : (bends down to stroke it and gets bitten) Ow! You said your dog does not bite!
B : that is not my dog.
(cutting, 2002:40)
B actually knows that A is talking about the dog which is beside B and B’s
dog at home, yet B intentionally does not give A enough information, for reasons best known to A herself.
2. Violating the maxim of quality
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Example:
Mother : Did you study all day long?
Son who has been playing all day long: yes, I’ve been studying till know! (IPEDR, 2011: volume 26 page 122)
The conversation above, the boy is not truthful and violates and violates the maxim of quality. He lies to avoid unpleasant consequences such as punishment or to be forced to study for the rest of the day.
3. Violating the maxim of relation
The violation of the Relation Maxim means that the utterance of the speaker is irrelevant to the context for some reasons. The conversation is not relevant to what has been said before.
Example:
Tom : Tom is such a noisy man, isn’t he? Dick : I saw a fantastic movie yesterday.
(Zhou, 2009: volume 2 page 45)
This is a dialogue between two roomates; Dick’s answer violates the maxim of relation. What can we know from Dick’s answer? He did not want to talk about
Tom’s Topic.
4. Violating the maxim of manner
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interpretations of what the speaker said, the speaker exaggerates thing, and the speakers use slang in front of people who do not understand it.
Example:
Sarah : did you enjoy the party last night?
Anna : there was plenty of oriental food on the table, lots of flowers all over the place, people hanging around chatting with each other.
(IPEDR, 2011: vol.26 page 123)
Sara asked a very simple question, however what she receives from Anna is a protracted description of what was going on in the party. Two interpretations can be made from Anna’s description: 1. Anna had such a good time in the party that she is
obviously too excited and has no idea where to begin. 2. Anna has such a terrible time and she does not know how to complain about it.
2.1.5 Christoffersen’s Classification
In reality, when people deliver a message, they often break Grice’s
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Christoffersen (2005) (as cited in Tupan and Natalia, 2008: vol.10 P.64) says that in reality, people tend to tell lies for different reasons. The following reasons with the examples are:
1. Hiding the truth
This reason happened when a speaker have a privation. He/she covers information from someone and not allow someone to know it.
Example : (John covers his real age to his sister’s friend whom he met at the party by telling her that they have the same age)
A : I am twenty years old, and how old are you? B : exactly the same.
2. Saving face
It indicates that when people do something embarrassing in public, and they distract attention or say something to minimize the seriousness of what they did (Meyerhoff, 2006:84).
Example : (Ann covers herself for being shoplifter in front of people)
A : What is in your bag? I think our bracelet is in it
B : I – I do not know what you are talking about. I do not have any bracelet.
3. Feeling jealous about something
This reason happened where a speaker unhappy or angry because something that possible will be taken by other person.
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A : I know you talked to Jim, this morning. He is awesome. What do you think about him?
B : I don’t know what you are talking about.
4. Satisfying the hearer
When speaker do manipulation to make the hearer feel pleased. Example : (A conversation between a mother and her son)
A : Mom, how was I born?
B : Uhm… because God loves you so He sends you to me as a gift
5. Cheering the hearer
Cheering the hearer happened when a speaker describe something that encourages a hearer to make a hearer feel happier.
Example : (a wife asks her husband whether she looks OK with the purple blouse or not. Her husband who hates purple, cheers his wife by giving an
answer that is expected by his wife)
A : Honey, does this color nice?
B : of course sweetheart, you look gorgeous. 6. Avoiding to hurt the hearer
It occurred when speaker give contribution to prevent something that make hearer hurt.
Example : (a mother of three years old boy wants to protect his son by telling that this father has gone overseas rather than saying that he died)
A : Mummy, where is Daddy?
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7. Building one’s belief
This reason meaning when a speaker increases something to make the hearer more believe.
Example : (Joan asks her boyfriend whether he still remembers his ex girlfriend or not. Her boyfriend lies to her and makes her believe 100%)
A : I wonder if you are still in love with your ex.
B : Of course not darling, you know you are the one in my heart. (fact: he is still in love with his ex)
A : But how come you still keep her photo in your wallet?
B : that is not her, she is my cousin who looks like her. (fact: that’s his ex’s photo).
8. Convincing the hearer
This reason is to make a hearer believe that something is true.
Example : (a part time clerk asks his friend to take his shift, but his friend refuses by creating a good reason)
A : can you take my shift tonight?
B : I wish I could, but I have to take my daughter to the dentist.
2.2 Related Studies
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maxims that uttered Becca and six types of reasons to violate the maxims. The types which found by Muzaim are hiding the truth, saving face, avoiding hurt the hearer, convincing the hearer, cheering the hearer, and satisfying the hearer.
The next research is written by Nisya (2008). In her study, she talked about cooperative principles in debate. The study showed that three of four maxims were violated in the three examined talk shows. There were maxims of quantity, relevance, and manner. Here the speakers deliver their opinions to defend their argument to win and the speaker was more liable to respond vaguely and verbosely to the question raised. So that’s way the violation of maxims of quality was not found.
Moreover other researcher is written by Raharja (2015), he talk about cooperative principle violation in stand up comedy. He focused on the utterances of Dodit Mulyanto in stand up comedy Indonesia season 4. Raharja found all of the types of violating maxims in his data. The dominant of the violation in his data is maxim of relation.
Those previous researcher above have differences and similarities with this research. The similarity is in the theory. The differences are the data object. The previews researches object are humor movie, debate, and stand up comedy whereas the writer’s object is a movie which combines the elements of family, romance,
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
In this chapter, the writer presents about research approach, instrument, data and source data, data collection, and data analysis.
3.1Research Approach
In conducting this research, the writer used descriptive research. The purpose of this study is to understand and describe about violating maxims in “Another CinderellaStory” movie. In addition, Glass and Hopkins (1995) say that descriptive research involves gathering data that describe events and then organizes, tabulates, depicts, and describes the data collection. As the statement of the problems of this study, the question is about what and why to analyze the violating maxims in the movie. The writer explained and described the data which found in the analyzing, then continued with general conclusion. The writer described what she has found related to the types of violating maxims and its reason by using theory of Grice’s cooperative
principles and Christoffersen’s lying classification.
3.2Instrument
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writer observed the utterances of the main characters which violate the maxims based on her knowledge.
3.3Data and Data Source
The data of this study were the utterances produced by the main characters, Mary and Joey in Another Cinderella Story movie. The writer took the conversation between the main characters, Mary and Joey and other characters that make conversation with Mary or Joey.
The data source of this study was Another Cinderella Story movie. This movie was directed by Damon Santostef. Another Cinderella Story movie was released on September 16, 2008. This movie is about retelling Cinderella fairy tale.
3.4Data Collection
In collecting the data, the writer did several steps:
1. The writer searched and download the movie of Another Cinderella Story
movie from the internet.
2. The writer also sought the transcription of the movie to strengthen the data.
3. The writer watched the movie for several times to match the utterances with the transcription.
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3.5Data Analysis
The writer did several steps to analyze the data, the procedures of analyzing data are:
1. The writer identified the types of violating maxims used by Mary and Joey
in Another Cinderella Story movie.
2. The writer classified the data based on Grice’s theory of cooperative principles.
3. The writer identified the data by Christoffersen’s classification of lie to find out the intended meaning of the data in each maxim.
4. The writer described and explained the violating maxims and the reason of violating the maxims.
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FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
In this chapter, the writer presents the analysis of the findings and discussion. The writer focuses on violating maxims used by the main characters in Another
Cinderella Story movie. Based on the analysis, the writer answers the statement of
the problem in this study. There are four types of maxims that violated by the main characters, Mary and Joey in Another Cinderella Story movie. Those are violating the maxim of quantity, quality, relation, and manner.
In this case, the writer presents the detail explanation which revealed from the data. She also explains the reason of violating maxims that uttered by the main characters. Moreover, the writer presents the discussion and explains the result of the findings.
1.1Findings
4.1.1 The kinds of violation of maxims are found by the main characters in
Another Cinderella Story movie. 1. Violating the maxim of quantity
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Excerpt 1 (Data 9)
Britt : I can totally prove it. Joey : prove it.
Britt : “We All Fall Down, “She Wants to move,” “Pon de Replay, “ and “hips Don’t Lie.” I’m right, right?
I knew it!
Well, what are you waiting for? Kiss me.
Joey : NO, no, no.
We’re gonna dance first.
The conversation happened between Joey and Britt. Joey was an artist and Britt was Mary’s stepsister. Joey was making prize contest to find out the owner of the Zune which left in the party. The prize contest was telling four title songs that often played in the Zune. Britt knew that the owner of the Zune was Mary. Britt has quietly entered to Mary’s room and found the title songs that often played by Mary. After knowing the tittle songs, the day after Britt met Joey in the school to tell that title songs. Joey was shock, how can Britt know that title songs. Suddenly Britt said
“Well, what are you waiting for? Kiss me”. Joey wondered because he was still not
sure and he said “No, no, no. we’re gonna dance first”.
The utterances of Joey “No, no, no. we’re gonna dance first” violated the
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The reason of Joey was avoiding to hurt Britt. Although Britt can answer the title songs, but Joey still not sure that Britt is the one girl. When Britt directly want Joey to kiss her, he did not directly ignore Britt by saying impolite, but Joey avoid her with another challenge.
Then, the dialogue bellow is one of the dialogues that contains of violating the maxim of quantity too.
Excerpt 2 (Data 10)
Bree : Ready to meet your mystery girl? Joey : Of course, you know the songs too. Bree : God, no.
But I’m the real freaking one. And I freaking love you
And you just better freaking love me back… …because I’m the freaking one,
You freak.
Joey : way, way,way deep inside… …I’m sure you’re a lovely person.
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very special for him and different with another. Joey responsed Bree by uttering way,
way,way deep inside…I’m sure you’re a lovely person.
Joey’s utterance was included violating the maxim of quantity because he repeated certain word to make sure Bree. Joey gave contribution more than required to Bree. He did not fulfill one of the rules quantity maxims. In this dialogues, Joey should give the utterance that required by Bree. He can say “in the deep of my heart, I’m sure you’re a lovely person”.
Based on Joey’s utterance, the reason why he violated the maxim of quantity
was avoiding hurt Bree. The utterance was “way, way, way deep inside… I’m sure you’re a lovely person”. It indicated thatJoey thinks Bree is not the mystery girl too. Bree has shared her feeling, but Joey said by polite utterance to ignore her. Joey used polite utterance in order to make Bree not disappointed and not continued her feeling. Excerpt 3 (Data 12)
Joey : you had shrimp in your hair.
Mary : Well, no, No, I mean, yes, that was me, But that’s not what I wanted to tell you,
Um, I’m…
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Dominique. Mary responded Joey by saying Well, no, No, I mean, yes, that was me, But that’s not what I wanted to tell you, Um, I’m…. That utterance means she did not
want to talk about shrimp in her hair moreover work for Dominique, but she wanted to talk about the important information.
The utterance of Mary Well, no, No, I mean, yes, that was me, But that’s not what I wanted to tell you, Um, I’m… violated the maxim of quantity because she has
repeated certain word. She also was not to the point to give her contribution. To make the clear information in order to avoid violating the maxim of quantity, Mary should give the properly contribution to Joey. She should say, “yes, I work for Dominique, but I want to be honest that someone who dance with you in the party is me”.
From the utterance of Mary, the reason why she violated the maxim of quantity was to convince Joey. She wanted to convince that the information is really important for Joey. Mary always tried to be honest. She wanted to tell the truth that she is the mystery girl. It looks from the conversation that Mary always tried to talk with joey.
Furthermore, the conversation bellow concludes violating the maxim of quantity which uttered by Mary.
Excerpt 4 (Data 13) Mary : I told you.
Tamy : oh, my God, He blew you off?
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Joey, but she also felt lack confidence. Mary has met and tried to talk to Joey. Joey knew that Mary work for Dominique. Joey did not want to make a long conversation with Mary because Joey thought that Mary will persuade him to duet with Dominique. Mary always tried to tell the truth but Joey always ignored her. Joey and Mary were different think about. Joey thought that Mary wanted to persuade him to duet with Dominique while Mary thought that Joey did not want with a servant. Then Mary met Tamy in the car and said “I told you”
The utterance “I told you” violated the maxim of quantity because Mary did not give enough information to Tamy. She did not explain more detail to Tamy in order to make Tamy understands. The information was not required to Tamy, it made Tamy have question to Mary because Tamy was still confused. Mary has disobeyed one of the rules of maxim. The rule is the people do not give too little or much information than is required.
From that utterance, Mary has a reason why she utters that word. The reason is convincing Tamy. Before Mary met Joey, actually she did not want to meet him because she thought, he will refuse her. After doing what Tamy said to talk with Joey, Mary confirm to Tamy to make convince that what Mary think about wass true.
The writer also found the violating maxim of quantity in the dialogue below. Excerpt 5 (Data 15)
Joey : Mary.
Hey. Clash you in a minute. Mary.
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I’ve been calling Tami, Trying to get ahold of you. What did I do?
Mary : it doesn’t matter. It’s done. We’re done.
The conversation produced between the main characters, Mary and Joey. The conversation occurred when Joey wanted to meet Mary, but Mary avoided him. Mary knew the situation where Joey was with his ex girlfriend, Natalia. That situation happened from the plan of Natalia and Mary’s step sisters. They was jealous because
Mary having relationship with Joey. They tried to separate Mary and Joey. Joey did not know anything about plan of Natalia and Mary’s stepsisters. They trap Joe and
Mary. In the school, Joey was looking for Mary. He was calling Tamy to ask Mary’s
position. When Joey met Mary, he tried to make conversation by saying “Hey. Clash you in a minute. Mary. Mary, slow down. Hey, what…? What’s wrong? I’ve been
calling Tami, Trying to get ahold of you”. When Joey speaks, Mary only be quiet,
only listening. She did not say anything. After that Mary replied it doesn’t matter. It’s
done. We’re done.
By the conversation above, “it doesn’t matter. It’s done. We’re done” was the utterance that violate the rule of quantity maxim. In this maxim, people should be informative means what the speaker want to say must be properly spoken. But, Mary does not fulfill that rule. She gave little information. The information was not clear enough. The information made joey confused because he did not feel to do anything.
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avoided to meet Joey because Mary remember when Joey was with Natalia in his room.
Furthermore, the dialogue below also does not fulfill the maxim of quantity. Mary as the main character violates the quantity maxim in her utterance.
Excerpt 6 (Data 16)
Joey : What does that mean?
Mary : You figured you’d toy with me… …until someone better came along And I wouldn’t mind…
…because I was lucky A big star wanted me.
You know what really sucks about falling For a guy you know you’re not right for? You fall anyway because you think
He might turn out to be different.
The continued the conversation before. Joey still did not understand what Mary talking about. Joey still did know when Mary saw him with Natalia. Joey only understand that Mary regard him as the wrong person to love.
Here, Mary breaks the maxim of quantity too. As the rule of maxim of quantity, people should not give too little or much contribution. In the conversation before, Mary gave little information, here, Mary gave too much information. She shared her feeling by giving much contribution but her contribution still not clear enough. She says “you figured you’d toy with me… until someone better came along and I wouldn’t mind… because I was lucky, a big star wanted me. You know what
really sucks about falling for a guy you know you’re right for? You fall anyway
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that he really did not understand what Mary said. Although Mary gave too much information but she did not say to the point. Mary should give properly spoken by saying “I came to your home and I was seeing you with Natalia in your room”.
The Mary’s utterance is still feeling jealous about something. She was jealous
because she has seen Joey with Natalia. The gesture of Mary showed that she was jealous. Mary did not give Joey a change to talk.
2. Violating the maxim of quality
The writer found four utterances that included violating the maxim of quality. Those utterances disobey the rule of quality maxim. This maxim indicates that people should give the truth information or what they say must be true. The rules are, 1. Do not say what you believe to be false. 2. Do not say that for which you lack adequate evidence. The result of the data can be seen as follows.
Excerpt 7 (Data 1)
Dominique : where are you?
The most important luncheon of my life and you forget? Mary : I’m sorry. I’m on my way.
I’ll be there soon.
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anything to what Dominique said. Dominique asked her to prepare a lunch. By Dominique’s utterance, Mary response the question by saying “I’m sorry. I’m on my
way. I’ll be there soon”.
By Mary’s utterance, she violate the maxim of quality to response Dominique’s question. The utterance “I’m sorry. I’m on my way. I’ll be there soon”
violated the maximof quality because Marry told the lie. Actually she was not on her way but, she was in dance class. By Mary’s utterance, she tried to cover her activity in her school. She did not want Dominique know when she was joining the dance class. She was afraid when Dominique knew that she was quietly joining the dance class, Dominique will be angry and more limited her activity in her school.
By the conversation between Dominique and Mary, Mary had reason that she violated the maxim of quality. The reason was to hide the truth. She hides the truth that she was quietly joining the dance class. Dominique only allows Mary to go to school. At that time, no one knew that Mary joined dance class. So that’s way Mary always quietly join dance class in the back of mirror.
The violating maxim of quantity not only occurred in the analysis above but also in the dialogue below.
Excerpt 8 (Data 2)
Mary : I have crab puff to make
Britt : then you know who’s coming over. Bree : it’s just your crush: Joey Parker.
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The dialogue occurred among Mary and her stepsisters, Britt and Bree. Mary has come to the home and her stepsisters waylay her. Mary was avoiding to talk with her stepsisters by saying “I have crab puff to make”. Her stepsisters told that Mary’s crush, Joey Parker will come to the home. Britt and Bree knew Mary’s crush because
they have broken Mary’s stuff before. Then, Mary replied “I don’t have a crush on
Joey Parker”, means Mary denied them to cover her feeling. Bree and Britt was showing Mary that they got a video. The video was about Mary’s expression to Joey when Mary was child. That video as a threat in order to make Mary keep away from Joey and they also have a purpose to make Mary shy.
The second utterance of Mary “I don’t have a crush on Joey Parker” showed that she violated the maxim of quality. In this maxim, people must deliver true information. But, Mary disobeyed the rule of quality maxim. She was not honest to her stepsisters which Joey Parker was her crush. Actually Mary loved Joey Parker since she was child, but she did not want to share her felling to anyone because she felt that she only a servant. She denied to her stepsisters that Joey was her crush.
There was a reason why Mary violated the maxim of quality in the utterance “I don’t have a crush on Joey Parker”. The reason was to hide the truth. Mary
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Then, the dialogue below also contains of violating the maxim of quality. Mary breaks the rule of quality maxim in the dialogue.
Excerpt 9 (Data 7)
Dominique : hemm. Well, it seems you managed To follow orders.
For once.
Why are you wearing my robe? Mary : I was admiring its silky quality.
This dialogue was the interaction between Mary and Dominique. Dominique was Mary’s stepmother. Dominique prevented Mary to join the party by cleaning her room. This conversation happened in Dominique room which she asked Mary to clean that room. The room has been cleaned by Tamy’s cousins while Mary went to
the party with Tamy. At that time, Mary has just come from the party and Dominique in her behind. When Dominique entered the room, she was very exciting because the room was so clean. Then, Dominique saw Mary which Mary was wearing her robe. Dominique said to Mary “Hemm. Well, it seems you managed to follow orders. For
once. Why are you wearing my robe?. Mary replied, “I was admiring its silky
quality.” In that situation Mary cover her dress party by wearing Dominique’s robe.
She did not want Dominique to know that she has joined the party.
By that dialogue, Mary’s utterance “I was admiring its silky quality”
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Dominique’s robe. She did want Dominique to know that she has joined the party.
Mary was afraid if Dominique knows that she joined the party, she will get punishment from Dominique. So that’s way she managed the situation to make Dominique happy.
The reason why Mary violates the maxim of quality is to satisfy Dominique. Dominique was very happy when someone pleased her. Mary gave the utterance “I
was admiring its silky quality” to make Dominique happy and will not ask another
question. Mary did not want Dominique distrustful which Mary has come to the party.
Furthermore, the dialogue below is the last data of violating the quality maxim. This is the dialogue between Mary and her stepsisters.
Excerpt 10 (Data 8)
Bree : it was you at the ball. With Joey. Mary : you guys are crazy.
Bree : no, you’re crazy…
…if you think we’ll let you end up With joey, miss stalker face.
And if you tell him it was you… …this video will be everywhere. Britt : hello, YouTube.
Mary : you barely know how to work the toaster,
Let alone YouTube.
Bree : well, try us.
Britt : Now, go make the lamb chops. Mother’s very hungry.
The conversation produced among Mary and her stepsisters, Bree and Britt. Mary’s stepsisters were knowing that Mary was the owner of the Zune. Britt knew by
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to her sister, Bree. When Mary came to the home, Bree talked with Mary to make sure that someone who dancing with Joey in the party was Mary. The utterance of Bree was “It was you at the ball. With Joey”. Mary did not want to admit that she joined the party because Mary quietly went to the party. Mary denied by saying “You guys are crazy”. Then, Bree and Britt threaten Mary, if she told to Joey, they will upload the Mary’s video which was about Mary’s expression to Joey to YouTube. Moreover, Mary made irony for them, because they are pampered. Mary said “you barely know how to work the toaster, Let alone YouTube”.
There are two utterances of Mary which violate the maxim of quality. The first utterance is “You guys are crazy”, and the second utterance is “you barely know
how to work the toaster, Let alone YouTube”. The utterance “You guys are crazy”
violated the rule of quality maxim. The rule is people should give the truth information or what they say must be true. Mary breaks that rule. She denied Bree and Britt. She did not want her stepsisters to know that she joined the party. Mary should give the truth information which she was with Joey in the party. She should say “yes I was with Joey”.
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From both utterances, Mary has a reason why she violated the maxim of quality. The reason of Mary violated the maxim of quality because she wants to hide the truth. At that time, there was a party from the school, but Bree and Britt asked their mother, Dominique to clean the room in order to make Mary keep stay in the house. They could not want Mary to join the party. But, in reality Tamy helped Mary to go out from that house. So, Mary quietly can join the party. And Mary always cover that situation because when her stepmother and sisters know, she will get punishment.
1. Violating the maxim of relation
The writer found four utterances that include violating the maxim of relation. Those utterances disobey the rule of relation maxim. This maxim indicates that speakers are assumed to say which is appropriate and suitable to need of the conversation. The rule is the contribution must be relevance to what has been said before. The result of the data can be seen as follows.
Excerpt 11 (Data 3)
Mary : we keep meeting like this. Joey : you have shrimp in your hair.
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down too. So that’s way Mary said “we keep meeting like this”. But Joey did not care what Mary said with the utterance you have shrimp in your hair.
By utterance of Joey “you have shrimp in your hair” has violated the maxim of relation. He breaks one the rule of relation maxim. In the maxim of relation, the conversation must be relevance to the interaction. In this conversation, the contribution of Joey was not suitable to what Mary said. Mary told that they meet in the same condition. Those are striking and falling down. But Joey did not response what Mary has been told. He only focused on shrimp in Mary’s hair. It shows that
Joey’s utterance is not match to what Mary said before.
By the conversation above, Joey has a reason why he violated the maxim of relation. the reason is to save his face. In that situation, Joey strikes Mary and suppresses her. Joey feel shy to Mary because the position suppressed Mary, and Dustin saw them. To minimize the situation, Joey said you have shrimp in your hair.
The violating the maxim of relation is not only occurred in the analysis above, but also in data 6.
Excerpt 12 (Data 6)
Tami : Oh, my God. That was.. Holly cow…
Mary : I feel like I have to throw up.
Tami, if I don’t get home by midnight, I am dead.
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approach to midnight. In the journey Tamy said that she was very exciting to what has happened before. Tamy shows her exciting by uttering “Oh, my God. That was..
Holly cow”. Tamy shows that utterance because Mary has dance with an artist Joey
Parker. But Mary did not care what Tamy was saying. Mary said “I feel like I have to
throw up. Tami, If I don’t get home by midnight, I am dead.”
Mary’s utterance shows that she violated the maxims of relation. The
utterance is “I feel like I have to throw up. Tami, If I don’t get home by midnight, I am
dead.” Mary disobeys the rule of relation maxim. In this rule, people are assumed to say something which is relevant to what has been said before. In that dialogue, the utterances of Tamy and Mary are irrelevant. Tamy who was very exciting to what has been happened in the party, but Mary did not care what Tamy said. Mary only focused on the midnight. Mary said that she has to go home by midnight. Mary should say “oke, thank you Tamy, but I haveto go home by midnight”.
In that dialogue, the reason of Mary why she violated the maxim of relation was to convince Tamy. It seems from the intonation of Mary when she uttered “I feel like I have to throw up. Tami, If “I don’t get home by midnight, I am dead”. The slow intonation for this utterance “I feel like I have to throw up”, when the car is move so quickly. Then, hard intonation for, “Tami, If I don’t get home by midnight, I am dead” when Mary wanted to go home by midnight because she quietly went to the
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Furthermore, the dialogue below also does not fulfill the maxim of relation. Both of the main characters violate the maxim of relation in their utterance.
Excerpt 13 (Data 11) Mary : Joey?
Joey : yeah.
Mary : I have something important to tell you. Joey : Oh, hey, you work for Dominique, right?
Mary : No, no, that’s…
Joey : you had shrimp in your hair.
The conversation happened between Mary and Joey. At that time, Tamy as Mary’s best friend wanted Mary to be honest that the mystery girl is her. Tamy always asked Mary to tell to Joey Parker. After long debate with Mary, finally Mary want to tell to Joey. Before telling the truth, Mary little bit nervous to Joey. Mary met Joey in parking area and said “I have something important to tell you”. Joey saw Mary, he remember that Mary work for Dominique. So that’s way he said Oh, hey,
you work for Dominique, right?.
By that conversation, the main character Joey violated the maxim of relation. Joey’s utterance Oh, hey, you work for Dominique, right? does not fulfill the rule of relation. The rule is the conversation must be relevance to the interaction. Here, Joey did not response to what Mary said. He only remember that Mary was working for Dominique because Joey have ever seen Mary work at Dominique’ house.
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Joey did not want to duet with Dominique because Joey wanted enjoy her live first and leave from an artist for a while. So that’s way Joey ignored Mary to talk more.
The violating of relation maxim also found in the dialogue below. Joey as the main character disobeys the maxim of relation.
Excerpt 14 (Data 14)
Dustin : Who keeps it funky? Joey : Joey Parker.
Dustin : Right, Who keeps it real? Joey : Joey Parker.
Dustin : Joey Parker keeps it real, am I right? Joey : You’re stupid is what you are.
The conversation above produced between Joey and his best friend, Dustin. The conversation occurred when Joey was in the car and Dustin was in Dominique’s house. There was a party in Dominique’s house and Dustin was looking for the mystery girl in the party. Dustin met best friend of mystery girl, then he knew the mystery girl. Other situation, Joey worried the information from Dustin in the car. He was waiting for the information. Then, Dustin was calling Joey to give the information, but Joey worried about the information. From Joey’s voice, Dustin knew that Joey worried the information, so Dustin tried to make Joey happy first. Dustin always gave the question and the answer always same in order to make Joey happy. Joey was not patient to wait for the information, when Dustin still gave the question with the same answer, Joey said “You’re stupid is what you are”.
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asked. It indicates that the utterances includes of violation of relation maxim. Dustin asked Joey to make him happy, but Joey felt anxious to the information of Dustin. Therefore, Joey should gave the right answer and gave suggestion to make Dustin gave the information soon. So, Joey should say “Joey Parker and please give me information soon which you got”.
Joey has a reason why he violated the maxim of relation. The reason was to make Dustin to the point. At that time, Dustin wanted to give the information about the mystery girl. But, when Dustin will give the information, Joey’s voice looks
worry the information. Dustin tried to make Joey happy but Joey was not patient to know the information. Joey wanted Dustin to stop his question with the same answer and to give the important information about mystery girl soon.
2. Violating the maxim of manner
The writer found two utterances that included violating the maxim of manner. Those utterances disobey the rule of quantity manner. In this case, a speaker must give clear contribution. Not making ambiguous language in the conversation. The result of the data can be seen as follows.
Excerpt 15 (Data 4)
Dominique : I’m clubbing with Paris tonight. It’s my turn to throw the after-party. Don’t step on my hair.
When I get home at midnight, This room will be pristine.
Mary : Dominique, I’d need heavy equipment.
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The dialogue above was interaction between between Mary and her stepmother, Dominique. At that time Dominique knew that Mary will go to the party. She knew from her daughters, Britt and Bree. Dominique’s daughters gave suggestion to ask Mary clean their bedroom. Dominique agrees to what her daughters’ suggestion but change the bedroom. Dominique asked Mary to clean her messy room. Dominique gave Mary time to clean the bedroom until midnight. She said “I’m clubbing with Paris tonight. It’s my turn to throw the after-party. Don’t step on my hair. When I get home at midnight, this room will be pristine” Mary knows that bedroom was too messy, so that’s way Marry thinks that it’s impossible to finished the bedroom by midnight. So Mary said to Dominique“Dominique, I’d need
heavy equipment. For example, a flamethrower.
The utterance of Mary violated the rule of manner maxim. It contains of ambiguous meaning. The word “flamethrower “ has two meanings. The first is really about heavy equipment for example flamethrower and the second the utterances that draw the condition of messy bedroom. The first meaning is for thing which is needed by Mary to clean bedroom fast. The second meaning looks from the condition of bedroom. There are for thins which full that bedroom. Such as, a dog, clothes etc. The bedroom was too messy, so that’s way it is impossible to finish at midnight.
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intonation was also little hard voice. It seems when she can not believe to make the bedroom clean by midnight.
Excerpt 16 (Data 5)
Mary : Tami, I can’t go to the ball. “Domifreak’s” making me clean her bedroom.
Tamy : you’re in her lair?
Mary : there are species of bugs in here
Still unknown to science.
There is no way I’ll finish in time.
It is the dialogue build between Mary and Tamy. Tamy is Mary’s best friend. That conversation occurred when there was a party from school. Tamy and Mary want to join the party. But, suddenly Dominique intentionally asked Mary to clean her bedroom in order to make Mary cancel to go the party. Mary was in Dominique’s
room and Tamy was in her home. Mary was calling Tamy, she told that she cannot go to the party because Dominique asked her to clean the room. Tamy was shock, she said “you’re in her lair?”. Then Mary replied what Tamy said “There are species of
bugs in here still unknown to sciencie, there is no way I’ll finish in time”.
By that conversation, the last utterance of Mary violated the rule of manner maxim. In manner maxim, people have to share clear idea. People have to avoid ambiguity. Mary’s utterance “There are species of bugs in here still unknown to
sciencie, there is no way I’ll finish in time” has two meaning in the dialogue. The first
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Mary has a reason why she makes ambiguous utterance. The reason is to convince Tamy. She wanted to make sure that she can’t go to the party. From the
condition of the bedroom is impossible to finish in a short time. Therefore, she can’t
go the party.
1.1.2 The Reasons Why the Main Characters Violate the Maxims
There are some reasons why the main characters violated the maxims in
Another Cinderella Story movie. Those reasons are hiding the truth, saving face,
feeling jealous about something, avoiding hurt the hearer, ignoring the hearer, making the hearer tell to the point, satisfying the hearer, and convincing the hearer. The writer discusses the reasons why the main characters violate the maxims in the dialogues below.
1. Hiding the truth
This reason happened when a speaker have a privation. He/she cover information from someone and not allow someone to know it.
Data 2
Mary : I have crab puff to make
Britt : then you know who’s coming over. Bree : it’s just your crush: Joey Parker.
Mary : I don’t have a crush on Joey Parker.
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She has her own privacy about her love because she realizes that she only a servant and she shy. So that’s way she did not want anyone to know about her love.
The discussion of other reason why violating the maxims will be explain below.
2. Saving face
It indicates that when people do something embarrassing in public, and they distract attention or say something to minimize the seriousness of what they did. Data 3
Mary : we keep meeting like this. Joey : you have shrimp in your hair.
Joey was violating the maxim of relation. Joe’s utterance was not suitable with the topic of the conversation. Mary told that they always keep meeting with the same situation. The situation was Joey strikes and makes Mary fall down. This conversation happened in Dominique’s room, exactly in the dining room. When Joey
strikes Mary and makes Mary fall down. He suppressed Mary and Dustin knew it. He tried to minimize the situation by focusing on shrimp in Mary’s hair and saying you
have shrimp in your hair.
3. Feeling jealous about something
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Data 15
Joey : Mary.
Hey. Clash you in a minute. Mary.
Mary, slow down. Hey, what…? What’s wrong?
I’ve been calling Tami, Trying to get ahold of you. What did I do?
Mary : it doesn’t matter. It’s done. We’re done.
From the dialogue, Mary was violating the maxim of quantity by giving the short information. After Mary uttering “it doesn’t matter. It’s done. We’re done”, she
directly avoided to meet Joey because she was feeling jealous. She saw Joey with his ex girlfriend last night.
4. Avoiding to hurt the hearer
It occurred when speaker give contribution to prevent something that make hearer hurt.
Data 9
Britt : I can totally prove it. Joey : prove it.
Britt : “We All Fall Down, “She Wants to move,” “Pon de Replay, “ and “hips Don’t Lie.” I’m right, right?
I knew it!
Well, what are you waiting for? Kiss me.
Joey : NO, no, no.
We’re gonna dance first.
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did not believe in Britt that she is the mystery girl. He has to make sure that Britt is the mystery girl with another challenge by uttering “No, no, no. we’re gonna dance first”. That utterance was included the violating the maxim of quantity because Joey repeated some words and add more information. Joey uttered “No, no, no. we’re gonna dance first” because he avoided to hurt Britt. Joey did not directly ignore Britt to kiss but he gave the polite utterance by giving another challenge.
5. Ignoring the hearer
This reason when the speaker does not want to care about something. Data 11
Mary : Joey? Joey : yeah.
Mary : I have something important to tell you. Joey : Oh, hey, you work for Dominique, right?
The conversation occurred when Mary wanted to tell about the important information that she was the real mystery girl, but Joey did not response to what Mary said. Joey directly asked to Mary by uttering “Oh, hey, you work for
Dominique, right?” because when he saw Mary, he remembered that she worked for
Dominique. The utterance of Joey included of violating the maxim of relation because Joey’s utterance is not match to what Mary said. Joey tried to ignore Mary because he remembered that Mary work for Dominique and thought that Mary wanted to persuade him to duet with Dominique. So that’s way Joey ignored Mary to
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6. To make the hearer telling to the point
The speaker wants to make other person not telling too much. Data 14
Dustin : Who keeps it funky? Joey : Joey Parker.
Dustin : Right, Who keeps it real? Joey : Joey Parker.
Dustin : Joey Parker keeps it real, am I right? Joey : You’re stupid is what you are.
Joey was violating the maxim of relation. Joey’s answer “You’re stupid is
what you are” was not suitable with Dustin’s question. Joey wanted Dustin to finish
his question, because the answer of Dustin’s question was always same. In that
dialogue, Dustin wanted to make Joey happy before he told who the mystery girl is. But, Joey can not wait for the real information from Dustin. Joey said to Dustin by “You’re stupid is what you are” in order to stop the question and be to the point to
give the information about mystery girl.
7. Satisfying the hearer
When speaker do manipulation to make the hearer feel pleased. Data 7
Dominique: hemm. Well, it seems you managed To follow orders.
For once.
Why are wearing my robe? Mary : I was admiring its silky quality.
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about her robe, Mary tried to make Dominique feeling pleased. Mary satisfies Dominique in order to make Dominique not ask another question.
8. Convincing the hearer
This reason is to make a hearer believe that something is true Data 5
Mary : Tami, I can’t go to the ball. “Domifreak’s” making me clean her bedroom.
Tamy : you’re in her lair?
Mary : there are species of bugs in here
Still unknown to science.
There is no way I’ll finish in time.
One of the main characters, Mary was violating the maxim of manner. The last utterance in that dialogue Mary exaggerates the condition of Dominique’s room and makes Tamy confused because that utterance was ambiguous. Mary used exaggerating and ambiguity utterance because she wanted to convince Tamy that the condition of the room is too messy. So, she makes sure that she can not go to the ball.
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information and also make irony for the hearer. Next, violating the maxim of relation happened when to what the main characters said is not suitable or match with the conversation before. And the last maxim is maxim of manner. The main characters do violating the maxim of manner when the main characters give ambiguity contribution.
There are similarities and differences among the previous studies and this study. From Nisya (2008), she talked about violating maxims in debate. The similarity is about theory about
