Institusion
Universitas Darma Persada
Author
ABdul Qodir, Jaelani
Subject
410.145 Pragmatics of Standard Form of Language/Pragmatik dalam Bahasa Baku
Datestamp
2024-02-19 04:29:16
Abstract :
This study aims to analyze several utterances in a movie script using several theories in pragmatics.
The theories in pragmatics used to analyze the utterances are context, cooperative principle and
violating maxim. This research uses qualitative approach. It is conducted by using descriptive
qualitative method which focus on examining the written text of the movie script to identify
instances where maxims are violated, context and the reasons. The research object in this study in
The Gentlemen (2019) movie script by Guy Ritchie. The research uses three steps to analyze the
data, those are: classifying the data based on the types of violation maxim, explaining the reasons of
violating maxims said by the characters, concluding the research based on data findings. What
happens the most in the movie script is violating maxim of quantity after that violating maxim of
relation. The fewest are violation of quality and manner. the reasons for violating maxims are
different for each violation.