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The Floutings of Cooperative Principle Maxims in the Humor Movie
Entitled
Hitch
(A Pragmatics Approach)
THESIS
Submitted as a Partial Fulfilment
of Requirements for the Sarjana Sastra Degree in English Department Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts Sebelas Maret University
By:
Bara Suda Susanto C0307011
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LETTERS AND FINE ARTS
SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY
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MOTTO
You can’t really know where you’re going until you know where
you’ve been.
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DEDICATION
This thesis is sincerely dedicated to my beloved
Mother,
Father,
Brother,
Family,
Friends,
My Haters
and
People of this nation, who always love Republic of Indonesia
especially people who resist corruption in this nation
and always support the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Praise to Allah, God of the universe, and his messenger who guide my life including in finishing this thesis as one of the requirements to achieve the undergraduate degree in English Department. This thesis would not be completed without contributions from others. Therefore, I would like to express my gratitude, particularly to:
1. The Dean Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts, Drs. Riyadi Santosa, M.Ed., Ph.D. 2. The Head of English Department and my thesis supervisor who always
supports me to finish my study in Sebelas Maret University, Drs. Agus Hari Wibowo, M.A, Ph.D.
3. All of the lecturers of English Department.
4. My mother, Suyati Retno, who is very patient to guide me from the birth until being the big one now.
5. My father, Ari Tri Susanto, who made me realize that I have to be a “true person” so that other people will look at my self.
6. My brother, Ega Murda Susanto, another big one who always accompanies me to know what kind of “true world” is.
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8. My beloved brothers and sisters, Wena, Ibnu, Tristan, Deni, Ahmad, Fikri, Miranti, Angga and Yusi, who always invites me to enjoy our misery and prosperity.
9. All of classmates in English Department 2007, especially Daniel, Edwi, Syaiful, Dosik, Yusuf, Ulfa, Dian, Vista. We will rock the world, Sorcerers’. 10.Finally all of my partners who have supported me to finish my thesis from the
beginning until the end; Evi, Nessa and Fila.
Surakarta, July 30, 2013
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover ...……. .i
Approval of The Thesis Supervisor ...…… .ii
Approval of The Board of Examiners ...…... .iii
Pronouncement ... ……iv
I. CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION A. Research Background... ...… 1
B. Problem Statement ... ...… 3
II. CHAPTER II : LITERATURE REVIEW A. Pragmatics. ... …....7
B. Cooperative Principle ... .….10
C. The Four Conversational Maxims ... .….11
D. The Flouting of Maxims ... …..13
E. Conversational Implicature ... …..17
F. Context. ... …..20
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H. Synopsis of the Film. ... …..23
I. The Character in the Film. ... …..25
III. CHAPTER III : METHODOLOGY A. Research Methodology. ... …..31
B. Data and Source of Data. ... …..32
C. Technique of Collecting Data. ... …..32
D. Technique of Coding Data. ... …..33
E. Technique of Analyzing Data. ... …..34
IV.CHAPTER IV : ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION A. Introduction ... ...35
B. Data Analysis. ... ...37
C. Discussion. ... ....103
V. CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION A. Conclusion………...…..126
B. Suggestion ……….…...130
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 4.1 The summary of analysis of data 1. ... …..39
Table 4.2 The summary of analysis of data 2. ... …..41
Table 4.3 The summary of analysis of data 3. ... …..43
Table 4.4 The summary of analysis of data 4. ... …..45 Table 4.5 The summary of analysis of data 5. ... …..47 Table 4.6 The summary of analysis of data 6. ... …..50
Table 4.7 The summary of analysis of data 7. ... …..52
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ABSTRACT
Bara Suda Susanto. C0307011. The Floutings of Cooperative Principle Maxims
in the Humor Movie Entitled Hitch (A Pragmatics Approach). Undergraduate
Thesis. Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts. Sebelas Maret University.
This research attempts to find out the strategies of the flouting maxims used by the speakers in the film entitled Hitch, the situation when the maxims are flouted in conversation and the intention of the speaker in flouting the maxims in their utterance. This research uses the pragmatic approach. It is a descriptive research which takes total sampling technique. The data of this research were taken from the dialogues in the humor movie entitled Hitch contained the floutings of maxims. The data are classified based on Grice’s cooperative principles.
The first finding of the research shows that the total data of the research are 30 data. There are eight categories of flouting maxims namely the flouting maxims of Relation with 11 data (36.70%), the flouting maxims of Quality with 7 data (23.33%), the flouting maxims of Quantity with 6 data (20%), the flouting maxims of Manner with 2 data (6.70%), the overlapping maxim of Quantity and Quality with 1 datum (3.33%), the overlapping maxim of Quantity and Relation with 1 datum (3.33%), the overlapping maxim of Quantity and Manner with 1 datum (3.33%), and the overlapping maxim of Quantity, Quality and Manner with 1 datum (3.33%).
The second finding of the research shows the situation when the maxims are flouted in their conversation. The flouted maxim of Relation is chosen by the characters when they refuse something, they get angry and dislike someone. Then, the characters disobey the maxim of Quality when they dislike someone, they satire other character and they lie to other characters. The characters only flout the maxim of Quantity when they worry something and refuse something. The character flouts the maxim of Manner when he expresses an idea. In result, the speakers above also have the intention to create a humor situation as they flout the maxim of Relation, Quality, Quantity and Manner.
The third finding of the research shows the intention of the speaker in flouting the maxims on their utterance. There are nine kinds of intention: the first intention is refusing something with 9 data. The second intention is expressing one’s feeling with 6 data. The third intention is satire someone with 4 data. The fourth intention is asking someone for doing something with 3 data. The fifth intention is convincing someone with 3 data. The sixth intention is comforting someone with 2 data. The last intentions are threaten personal, showing agreement and disagreement with 1 datum.
