4:41 Penelope Longstreet: I’m talking about him. About Zachary.
Alan Cowan : I got that, yeah.
Nancy Cowan : Alan.
Michael Longstreet: Want some more coffee? Real coffee?
PPC037 In this conversation, Alan and Nancy were ready to go, but Penelope
was still arguing about the problem of their kids. She thought that they had not find solution to their problems yet. Thus, Michael as the owner of the house
tried to calm the situation by offering coffee to them. In this case, he changed the topic of the conversation because all of the participants of the conversation
did not feel comfortable with the topic being discussed. Thus, he violated the maxim of relation.
c. Violation of manner maxim
Finally, violation of manner maxim is on the lowest position since it appears in 4 data out of 21 data. It indicates that the percentage is 19.05. An
example of violation of manner maxim is: 4:42 Nancy Cowan
: You got rid of the hamster?
Michael Longstreet : Yeah. Listen. Made such a racket at night.
Those things sleep during the day. Ethan was going crazy. He couldn’t stand the racket that
hamster made. Now, I dont mind telling you, I been wanting to get rid of the thing for the
longest time. So I thought, thats it. I took it out and left it in the street.
PPC009 Penelope said that her husband, Michael, got rid of their hamster in the
previous night. Then, Nancy asked Michael whether it was true or not that he got rid of the hamster. In replying to her question, Michael told a long
explanation about how the hamster always disturbed him when he was
sleeping. Michael avoided giving a brief explanation to make his action not be considered as a cruel action to an animal. He was afraid if Nancy would see
him as an animal hater. In fact, he was just afraid of rodents. In this case, Michael violated the maxim of manner by not being brief in replying to
Nancy’s question. Datum PPC014 gives another explanation about the violation of the
manner maxim. 4:43 Alan Cowan
: Is that a good living?
Michael Longstreet : You know, its not like we had any banner
years or anything.
It was tough starting out. But long as Im out there every morning, with
my catalog and my sample case, its a living. Although the cast iron roasting pans do pick up
around the holidays
PPC014 Alan and Michael were talking about their professions. Michael said
that he sold some house and kitchen equipments. In respond to Mi chael’s
statement, Alan asked Michael whether his job was a good one or not. Then, Michael did
not answer Alan’s question by saying yes or not. Michael chose to tell him more about his profession. Therefore, he violated the maxim of
manner. He did not give a brief and clear answer as his respond to Alan’s
question. Another example can be seen in the below section.
4:44 Nancy Cowan : Alan, do something
Penelope Longstreet : “Alan, do something”
Nancy Cowan :
She broke my make-up mirror And my perfume Why dont you stand up for me?
Alan Cowan : Let’s go.
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