14. Data 14
A man walks into a store to buy a Barbie doll for his daughter. How much is that Barbie in the window?”, he asks the shop assistant. In a
condescending manner she responds, “Which Barbie? We have Barbie Goes to the Gym for 19.95
Barbie Goes to the Ball for 19.95 Barbie Goes Shopping for 19.95
Barbie Goes to the Beach for 19.95 Barbie Goes Nightclubbing for 19.95
And Divorced Barbie for 265.00.” The guy asks, “Why is Divorced Barbie 265.00 when all the others
are only 19.95?.” “That’s obvious,” the assistant states, “Divorced Barbie comes with Ken’s house, Ken’s car, Ken’s boat, Ken’s
furniture ….”
A man wants to buy a Barbie doll for his daughter. He stops at the shop which sells many Barbie. Then he asks the price of the Barbie in the window to
the shop assistant. She explains all the Barbie’s’ price to him. All the Barbie’s’ price are cheap enough except the divorced Barbie. He is surprised and confused
why the divorced Barbie is more expensive than others. She tells him the reason about the price.
The shop assistant’s utterance “That’s obvious, Divorced Barbie comes with Ken’s house, Ken’s car, Ken’s boat, Ken’s furniture ….” in data 14 has a
declarative function which describes the reason of the expensive divorced barbie to him. Her utterance violates maxim of quality. The shop assistant’s utterance
doesn’t make a sense, because it’s just a doll. She gives or makes contribution that isn’t true and isn’t appropriate either with the evidence or the fact. She should not
compare the doll with human being, which refer to a divorced usually gets many proporties. That’s why the guy asks, “Why is Divorced Barbie 265.00 when all
the others are only 19.95?.”
The utterance which violates maxim of quality causes conversational implicature. The inference of the violation above can be concluded that the shop
assistant compares the Barbie with the human being. According to her opinion the divorced Barbie is more expensive than others.
15. Data 15
One evening, a little girl I sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had
several strands of the white hair sticking out in contrast on her lovely brunette head. She looked at her mother and asked, “Why are
some of your hairs white, mom?” Her mother replied, “Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one
of my hairs turns white.” The little girl thought about this revelation for a while, and then said, “Mommy, you weren’t a very good girl
were you?.” “Now why would you say a thing like that, honey?” asked her Mom. “Well all grandma’s hairs are white,” came the
reply.
One evening, a little girl asks her mom who is washing the dishes at the kitchen, about her mother’s white hair. She is curious about changing of her
mother’s hair to be white. Her mother answers her daughter with wrong statement which states “Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or
unhappy, one of my hairs turns white.” It makes her have wrong assumption about white hair of her mother.
The mother’s
utterance, “Well, every time that you do something wrong
and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white” in 15 has a declarative function which describes the reason of her white hair to her daughter.
Her mother’s utterance in 15 violates maxim of quality since her mother gives or makes contribution that isn’t true and isn’t appropriate with the evidence or the
fact. She should tell the daughter with the correct answer. Generally, Old people have white hair in their old. In other words, Someone is getting older has more
white hair. She may also say that white hair sometimes can grow to somebody who feels stressed. Because of her mother’s opinion that’s not true, the daughter
assumes that her mother are naughty girl and makes grandmother’s hair turns to white. It is said “Mommy, you weren’t a very good girl were you?.”
The utterance which violates maxim of quality causes conversational implicature. The inference of the violation above can be concluded that the
daughter assumes her mother is naughty girl and makes grandmother’s hair turns to white.
16. Data 16
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