@thesis{thesis, author={Nurhasanah Anggraini}, title ={FLOUTING AND HEDGING MAXIMS IN DISNEY’S ANIMATED MOVIE RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET}, year={2020}, url={http://repository.unsada.ac.id/2102/}, abstract={This research is aimed to find out what maxims are flouted and hedged , and to observe how they are flouted and hedged in certain conversation. The writer elaborates the theory of Cooperative Principle by H.P Grice, the various ways of flouting maxim by Grundy and Cutting, and the theory of hedging maxims by George Yule with cases which are taken out from the script of Disney?s animated movie entitled Ralph Breaks the Internet which first premiered in 2018. The writer begins conducting the research by identifying the flouting and hedging maxims employed by the characters in the movie. After that, the writer observes how the characters in the movie flouting and hedging the maxims through their utterances in the movie. Finally, the writer classifies the flouting and hedging maxims done by the characters in the movie according to the theories employed in Chapter 2. For this research, the writer uses qualitative approach with descriptive method. The results of the analysis are: 24 cases of flouting maxim and 16 cases of hedging maxim. At the end, the writer finds flouting and hedging maxims are quite essential in a conversation. Flouting maxims make conversations less stiff and hedging maxims lessen the impact of an utterance in a conversation.} }