TABLE OF CONTENT
STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION iii
PREFACE iv
ACKNOWLEDGMENT v
ABSTRACT ii
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2. Research Questions 2
1.3. Purpose of the Study 3
1.4 Delimitation of the Study 3
1.5 Operational Definition 4
CHAPTER II: THEORETICAL FOUNDATION 5
2.1 Conversational Implicature 5
2.2 Cooperative Principles 7
2.2.1 Maxim of Quantity 9
2.2.2 Maxim of Quality 10
2.2.3 Maxim of Relation 11
2.2.4 Maxim of Manner 11
2.3 Types of Non-Observance of the Maxims 12
2.3.1 Flouting a Maxim 13
2.3.2 Violating a Maxim 13
2.3.3 Infringing a Maxim 13
2.3.4 Opting out of a Maxim 14
2.3.5 Suspending a Maxim 14
2.3.1 Hedging 15
2.3.2 Indirectness 17
2.4 Critiques to Gricean Maxims 20
2.5 Interview 22
2.5.1 The Objectives of Interview 23
2.5.2 Types of Question 23
2.5.3 Types of Answer 24
CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY 27
3.1 Research Question 27
3.2 Research Design 27
3.3 Data Collection 28
3.4 Data Analysis 29
CHAPTER IV: DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDING 31
4.1 Data Presentation and Analysis 31
4.1.1 The Flouts of Maxim of Quantity 31
4.1.2 The Flouts of Maxim of Quality 52
4.1.3 The Flouts of Maxim of Relation 65
4.1.4 The Flouts of Maxim of Manner 68
4.1.5 Trends in the Realization of Flouts 76
4.2 Findings and Discussion 78
4.2.1 The Maxim Flouts 78
4.2.2 The Function of Flouts 80
4.2.2.1 Function of Hedging 80
4.2.2.1.1 Sign of Awareness 81
4.2.2.1.2 Politeness Marker 81
4.2.2.2 The Function of Indirectness 83
4.2.2.2.1 Politeness 84
4.2.2.2.3 Interestingness 86
4.2.2.2.4 Ignorance 88
4.2.2.3 The Function of Open Answer 88 4.2.2.4 The Function of Detailed Utterance 89
4.2.2.4.1 Control of Information 90 4.2.2.4.2 Elaboration 90
4.2.2.5 Overall Functions 90
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 95
5.1 Conclusions 95
5.2 Suggestions 97
Bibliography 98
