IMPLIKATUR PERCAKAPAN DALAM KONTAK INTERPERSONAL ORANGTUA TERHADAP ANAK

Abstract

Pragmatic utterances commonly have meanings of not only what are said but also what are implied. The latter is called ‘conversational implicature’. Such meanings of utterances are also found in the interpersonal contact between parents and their children. This study is aimed at analyzing and describing how the conversational implicature in the interpersonal contact between parents and their children in the morning when they are leaving for schools and in the evening when they are preparing (learning) for their classroom activities.This conversational implicature is based on the Gricean and analyzed on the basis of pragmatic contexts. The data are pragmatic utterances containing conversational implicatures collected by employing an observation using techniques of listening, note-taking, and recording. They are analyzed by using what is introduced by Yin (2011) covering five phases: 1) compiling, 2) dissambling, 3) reassembling, 4) interpreting, and 5) concluding. The result reveals that the speakers’ (parents’) sense on their utterances are conversationally implied directives (commands and requests) of doing something (preparing for or learning their subjects) and not doing anything (keep watching tv, keep sleeping during learning-time, playing on the street, etc.). Those directives are happened in the morning when they are leaving for school and in the evening when they are preparing or learning their subjects for their classroom activities.

Key words: conversational implicature, interpersonal contact, pragmatic contexts, pragmatic utterances.