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CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

There are two sections in this chapter, namely findings and discussion. The table of research findings is provided in the first section. Meanwhile, the more detailed data explanations including examples about the types of maxim flouting and the strategies to flout maxim performed by the main character in Philomena can be found in second section.

A. Findings

In this section, the data which were taken from the analysis of the main character’s utterances in Philomena are shown in Table 2. The data were categorized based on the objectives, which are to identify the types of maxim flouting and to describe the strategies used to flout a maxim. In identifying the types of maxim flouting, Grice’s theory of Cooperative Principle was used. Meanwhile, in describing the strategies used to flout maxim, Cutting’s theory of maxim flouting strategies was used. The following table shows the types and strategies of maxim flouting performed by the main character in Philomena. 38 Table 2. Frequency of Occurrences of Types and Strategies of Maxim Flouting Performed by the Main Character in Philomena Types of Maxim Flouting Strategies of Maxim Flouting TL TM HB MT IO BA IR OB Frequency Percentage Maxim of Quantity 2 15 - - - - - - 17 35.4 Maxim of Quality - - 4 3 2 0 - - 9 18.8 Maxim of Relation - - - - - - 19 - 19 39.6 Maxim of Manner - - - - - - - 3 3 6.2 Total 2 15 4 3 2 0 19 3 48 100 Percantage 4.2 31 .2 8.4 6.2 4.2 39.6 6.2 100 Note: QT : maxim of quantity HB : hyperbole QL : maxim of quality MT : metaphor RL : maxim of relation IO : irony MA : maxim of manner BA : banter TL : giving too little information IR : being irrelevant TM : giving too much information OB : being obscure In relation to the first objective, which is to identify the types of maxim flouting performed by the main character in Philomena, the table above shows that all types of maxim flouting occur in Philomena; they are maxim of quantity flouting, maxim of quality flouting, maxim of relation flouting, and maxim of manner flouting. 39 It also shows that the frequency of the data of each maxim is different. The most frequently occurred maxim flouting is maxim of relation flouting with the percentage of 39.6 because it occurs 19 times out of 48. Maxim of relation flouting is followed by maxim of quantity flouting since it occurs 16 times, with the percentage of 35.4. Next, maxim of quality occurs 9 times out of 46 with the percentage of 18.8. Meanwhile, maxim of manner flouting has the least occurrence because it occurs 3 times, with the percentage of 6.2. Meanwhile, in relation to the second objective, which is to describe the strategies of maxim flouting used by the main character in Philomena, all strategies occur except banter; they are giving too little information, giving too much information, hyperbole, metaphor, irony, being irrelevant, and being obscure. The most frequently occurred strategy is being irrelevant. It occurs 19 times out of 48 with the percentage of 39.6, followed by giving too much information, which occurs 15 times out of 48 with the percentage of 31.2. Next, hyperbole follows giving too much information since it occurs 4 times with the percentage of 8.4. Then, being obscure and metaphor follow hyperbole since both occur 3 times with the percentage of 6.2. Following being obscure and metaphor are giving too little information and irony. They occur twice with the percentage of 4.2. Banter, meanwhile, does not occur because the main character is serious most of the time and finds it uncomfortable to use this strategy. 40

B. Discussion 1. Types of Maxim Flouting Performed by the Main Character in