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Figure 4.16. Datum 3p.10. Example of flouted quality maxim.
Page 10 Chief Gaius Veriambitius
: “Take me to your leader.” Guard
: “He is busy.”
Chief Gaius Veriambitius : “Tell him it is urgent Official
business” Guard
: “All right, all right, keep your hair on. The sky isn’t falling on anyone’s head”
The illustration in this scene shows that Chief Gaius Veriambitius comes to the Gaulish Village to meet Chief Vitalstatistix. When Chief Gaius
Veriambitius gets there, he asks the guard to take him to meet Chief Vitalstatistix. However, the guard answers his request by saying that Chief Vitalstatistix is busy.
In fact, Chief Vitalstatistix is not busy. He is having his bath when Chief Gaius Veriambitius comes. By telling lie to Chief Gaius Veriambitius that Chief
Vitalstatistix is busy, the guard is flouting maxim quality. The next flouted quality maxim is also found in the same scene when the
guard says “All right, all right, keep your hair on. The sky isn’t falling on anyone’s head” The phrase “the sky isn’t falling on anyone’s head” is an idiom.
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By using the idiom in answering Chief Gaius Veriambitius, the guard is flouting maxim of quality.
b. Maxim of Quantity
The flouted quantity maxim occurs because the speaker does circumlocution. It means that speaker does not explain to the point. The flouting
of quantity maxim usually gives uninformative contribution. Here, the speaker gives less information or too much information. The speaker usually flouted this
maxim because heshe uses insufficient words talks. It means that the speaker gives incomplete words when heshe is speaking. The example of flouted quantity
maxim in this comic is found once in datum 15p.26. The conversation and the illustration can be seen below.
Figure 4.17. Datum 15p.26. Example of flouted quantity maxim.
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: “It’s not a patch on boar”
Fulliautomatix : “I had one with me. But I left him outside. You’re not supposed to bring your own food.”
The illustration above is the scene when all the Gauls are having their dinner outside. Fulliautomatix always brings one boar with him anywhere, even
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when Fulliautomatix always brings the boar with him. He complains that the place where they have dinner is not a patch for boar. Fulliautomatix responds
Geriatrix’s complain by saying that he brings one boar with him but he cannot bring it inside to the restaurant because they are not allowed to bring their own
food to the restaurant. Boar is one of the Gaul’s favorite foods. However, Fulliautomatix gives too much information to Geriatrix. By giving too much
information, Fulliautomatix flouts maxim of quantity.
c. Maxim of Manner
The next flouting is maxim of manner. A speaker flouts the maxim of manner when heshe uses ambiguous language. Heshe uses another language
such as foreign language which makes the hearer does not understand. Sometimes, this flouting is used by the speaker to exaggerate things. It means that
speaker represent as greater things. Moreover, speaker uses slang in front of people who do not understand. If the speaker’s voice is not loud enough, heshe
also will violate this maxim. The example of flouted manner maxim can be seen in the scene below.
Figure 4.18. Datum 23p.9. Example of flouted manner maxim.
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Page 9 Chief Gaius Veriambitius
: “Et nunc, reges intelligite...”
Gluteus Maximus : “Everything under control, Ceturion?”
Chief Gaius Veriambitius : “… erudimini qui judicatis terram.”
Gluteus Maximus : “???”
The illustration tells about Chief Gaius Veriambitius who has just come back from the Gaulish Village. He is afraid because he knows that the Gauls will
join the Olympic Games. He is also afraid that this information will bring Gluteus Maximus down. When he arrives in the Aquarium, he cannot hide his worry-face.
However, he speaks in a language which cannot be understood by Gluteus Maximus. By speaking in foreign language to Gluteus Maximus who does not
undertand it, Chief Gaius Veriambitius flouts maxim of manner.
d. Maxim of Relation
The participants flout maxim of relation because they make the conversation unmatched. Usually, the participants do the wrong causality. Beside,
they do not want to speak the same topic. They will change the topic or avoid talking about something. This violation is usually used to hide something. It
means that the participants keep secret or something in order that no body knows about it. In this comic, the example of flouting maxim of relation can be seen in
datum number 21 in page 43. The scene and the illustration can be seen below. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
