A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF MAXIM FLOUTING UTTERED BY THE CHARACTERS IN MUCCINO’S PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS MOVIE

Nur Rahmah, Agnia (2016) A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF MAXIM FLOUTING UTTERED BY THE CHARACTERS IN MUCCINO’S PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS MOVIE. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

This study focuses on maxim flouting uttered by the characters in Pursuit of Happyness movie. This study is aimed at (1) identifying the types of maxim flouting in Pursuit of Happyness movie and (2) describing the strategies of maxim flouting uttered by the characters in Pursuit of Happyness movie. This study applied qualitative research method. The data served as Pursuit of Happyness movie script. This study applied note-taking to collect data technique. The procedures of data analysis (1) identified the data which the researcher assumed as maxim flouting, (2) coded the data into data sheet, (3) re-checked the accuracy of the data findings, and (4) interpreted the data findings in order to answer the research question, and (5) made a conclusion of the data. The results of the data analysis show two important findings. First, the researcher finds four types of maxim flouted in the movie. They are maxim flouting of quantity, quality, relation, and manner. Maxim flouting of quantity ranks first because the characters deliberately gives more information than is needed within a conversation. Second, there are ten strategies of maxim flouting found in the movie. They are tautology, overstatement, understatement, metaphor, hyperbole, irony, banter, sarcasm, changing topic, and being not brief (obscure). The highest occurrence of the strategy used to flout maxim is overstatement strategy. On the grounds that overstatement is commonly used to pursue people to accept the speaker’s idea. Key words: Pragmatics, Maxim Flouting, Muccino’s Pursuit of Happyness

Item Type:	Thesis (S1)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Pragmatics, Maxim Flouting, Muccino’s Pursuit of Happyness
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:	28 Jul 2016 08:34
Last Modified:	30 Jan 2019 10:04
URI:	http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/37852

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