self-presentation, she applied the theory about purposes of maxim flouting. They were self esteem feeling good about self, identity development social
identity, social reward, and social approval. Although both previous studies dealt with an investigation about
maxim flouting, this study was rather different from those previous studies in terms of focus and objective of this study. This study observed types of
maxim flouting and strategies of maxim flouting.
B. Conceptual Framework
The researcher studies the linguistic phenomenon under pragmatics study. The researcher aims to analyze language phenomenon in This Boy
’s Life
movie. The language phenomenon which will be analyzed is maxim flouting, which is a part of Cooperative Principle and has a relation with
Grice ‟s maxim; maxim of quantity, maxim of quality, maxim of relation, and
maxim of manner. Maxim of quantity regulates the speaker of the conversation to give
information as much as possible. The speaker must avoid giving too much or less information than what is asked by the listener. Meanwhile, maxim of
quality regulates the speaker to make the contribution that is true and has evidence. In other words, a speaker must give true information which is
expected by a listener. The speaker is forbidden to say what he believes to be something false. Then, maxim of relation regulates the speaker to be relevant
with the topic being discussed. The speaker of the conversation must not give ambiguous information. The last, maxim of manner regulates the speaker to
avoid ambiguity when they are saying something. In other words, they have to speak clearly.
Maxim flouting is regarded as people ‟s failure in observing Grice‟s
Cooperative Principle. Related to this phenomenon, the data in this research are analyzed by using Cutting
‟s theory of maxim flouting. There are four types of maxim flouting which are analyzed in this research. They are
quantity maxim flouting, quality maxim flouting, relation maxim flouting, and manner maxim flouting. Some strategies can also be used to flout maxims.
The strategies which are used to flout maxims depend on which maxim is going to be flouted. For example, to flout maxim of quality, strategies such as
hyperboles and metaphors can be used. The phenomenon of the maxim flouting happens in a daily life. It can be reflected in the phenomenon of
maxim flouting which are found in the This Boy ’s Life.
Deixis Politeness
Speech Presupposition
Implicature Cooperative
acts Principle
Pragmatics Context
This Boy
’s Life
Observance Non
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Observance
Maxim of Maxim of
Maxim of Maxim of
Maxim Maxim
Maxim Maxim
Quantity Quality
Relation Manner
Violation Opt Out
Infringement Flouting
Types Strategies
1. Quantity Maxim Flouting Tautology, Overstatement,
Understatement
2. Quality Maxim Flouting Metaphor, Hyperbole,
Irony, Banter, Sarcasm
3. Relation Maxim Flouting Changing the topic
4. Manner Maxim Flouting Being obscure not brief
Figure 2. Analytical Construct
