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43 is to be polite to the others. Therefore, in her thesis, the analysis is about maxim
flouting and politeness principle. The findings of her research are as follows. First, there are three types of
maxim flouting in the interview; maxim of quantity, manner, and relevance. The highest rank is placed by quantity maxim flouting. Second, there are six maxims
of politeness principle that are found in the interview; agreement maxim, modesty maxim, tact maxim, generosity maxim, approbation maxim, and sympathy
maxim. Finally, the purposes of maxim flouting in the interview based on the self- presentation of Rowling are found in four types. They are identity development,
social approval, self-esteem, and social reward. Identity development and social approval place at the highest rank since Rowling shares much of her life
experience and wishes that she is accepted, with her personality and thought, by the public.
Another researcher focusing on maxim flouting is Jihan Achyun Kusumaningrum. Jihan is also a student of English Language and Literature study
program. She is doing a slightly different research of maxim flouting. She correlates it to the society in which gender is her focus. She analyzes maxim
flouting as used by the male character in the movie Cinderella Man. The thesis is entitled A Socio-Pragmatic Analysis of the Flouting of
Cooperative Principle Maxims done by the Male Main Character in Cinderella Man. Here, she combines two fields of study, sociolinguistics and pragmatics. The
objectives of her research are to identify and describe the men’s linguistic features that are used by the male main character in Cinderella Man, to identify and
44 describe the kinds of maxim flouting that is used, and to explain the reasons for
the male main character in Cinderella Man employed maxim flouting. The results of her research are first, there are four men’s linguistic features
employed by the male character in Cinderella Man; report talk, command, tease and joke, swear and profanity. Second, the male character has been flouting the
maxim of quality, quantity, relevance, and manner. Maxim of quantity has the highest number of maxim flouting. Then, the reasons for maxim flouting are
varied; showing power, giving detail information, and also expressing emotion and solidarity.
Compared to the two previous researches, this research differs on the object and the objectives of the study. The object of this research is a recent movie
illustrating the life of slave. Of course, it is different from the object of an exclusive interview and the movie Cinderella Man. Besides, the theory used to
analyze the reason for maxim flouting is also different. The first research applies self-presentation to analyze the purpose of maxim flouting, and then the second
research relates the reason for maxim flouting with gender. Differently, this research uses Leech’s theory of illocutionary functions to analyze the reasons for
maxim flouting. This theory is applied in order to provide a more comprehensive result of analyzing the reasons for maxim flouting uttered by a slave.