Pragmatic Analysis on The Implementation of Maxim of Quantity on “Exclusive Prabowo Subianto with Dalton Tanonaka” News Interview and Its Implication on Teaching Speaking

Ghania Rizky El Haq, Suparno Suparno, Hefy Sulistyawati

Abstract

The article is based on a research which aims at 1) finding out how maxims of quantity are flouted in the news interview, 2) what causes it, and 3) the purposes of flouting maxims of quantity in “Exclusive Prabowo Subianto with Dalton Tanonaka”. It is conducted using descriptive qualitative method seen from the point of view of pragmatics. The data are collected by choosing 30 of Prabowo Subianto’s utterances which contain flouting of maxim of quantity. The analysis of the data used interactive model. From 30 utterances analyzed, the speaker flouts the maxim of quantity because the utterances contain more information than is required. The causes of maxim flouting are the speaker’s dissatisfaction, knowledge/fact sharing, and protecting speaker’s self-esteem, while the purposes are the intention of showing off, the desire of avoiding misunderstanding, the silence of speaking partner, and the desire of providing clear information.

Keywords

pragmatics; cooperative principles; maxim of quantity; flouting of maxim

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20961/eed.v5i2.36056

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