A SOCIO-PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE FLOUTING OF COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLE MAXIMS DONE BY THE MALE MAIN CHARACTER IN CINDERELLA MAN

Kusumaningrum, Jihan Achyun (2012) A SOCIO-PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE FLOUTING OF COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLE MAXIMS DONE BY THE MALE MAIN CHARACTER IN CINDERELLA MAN. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

This research is a socio-pragmatic study on flouting maxims of cooperative principle in relation to men’s linguistic features in Cinderella Man. This research is aimed at investigating men’s linguistic features, analyzing the flouting maxims of cooperative principles and explaining the reasons why the male main character in Cinderella Man flouts certain maxims of cooperative principle. This research employed mainly descriptive qualitative method and quantitative method to support in interpreting and analyzing the data. The data of this research were utterances produced by the male main character in Cinderella Man containing men’s linguistic features and flouting maxims of cooperative principle. The key instrument of this research was the researcher herself and the secondary instruments were data cards and data sheets. The trustworthiness of the data was gained through triangulation, i.e. by theories and by researchers. The findings of this research reveal three important points. First, there are four kinds of men’s linguistic features used by the male main character in Cinderella Man. They are report talk, command, tease and joke, and swear and profanity. In the application of the features, the male main character in Cinderella Man mostly uses report talk compared to other features. It happens because the male main character in Cinderella Man wants to show his superiority by sharing his knowledge, giving information, and telling his experience. It proves that men like to explain many things to their addressee to show that they are more knowledgeable than women. Second, there are four kinds of flouting maxims of cooperative principle employed by the male main character in Cinderella Man. They are flouting maxim of quantity, flouting maxim of quality, flouting maxim of relation, and flouting maxim of manner. The male main character in Cinderella Man mainly uses the flouting maxim of quantity. In flouting the maxim of quantity, the male main character in Cinderella Man likes to give detail information to his hearers. Third, there are three reasons why the male main character in Cinderella Man flouts the maxims of cooperative principle. They are showing power, giving detail information and expressing emotion and solidarity.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Cinderella Man, men’s linguistic features, flouting maxims of cooperative principle
Subjects: Bahasa dan Sastra > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris
Divisions: Fakultas Bahasa, Seni dan Budaya (FBSB) > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris > Sastra Inggris
Depositing User: Admin Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS
Date Deposited: 23 Jun 2015 01:25
Last Modified: 29 Jan 2019 23:53
URI: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/21167

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