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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Chapter I is introduction part which briefly states the contents and the outlines of this final project. There are six subchapters in this chapter: 1 general background
of the study; 2 reason for choosing the topic; 3 statement of the problem; 4 objective of the study; 5 significance of the study; and 6 outline of the study.
1.1 General Background of the Study
As we are living in social environment, there is no other way for us to fulfill our needs but by getting along with people. In other word, it means that we have to
socialize our self with people surround us. In order to show our existence, there is a way which is so called communication. Generally, people communicate their
idea or request by doing spoken language through conversation.
Conversation involves participants as speaker and addressee who communicate to each other in a conversational situation. Both the speaker and
addressee communicate cooperatively in order to achieve a mutual understanding, so that each participant are able to understand their ideas, feelings, and thoughts,
for instance talking about music concert will be different from talking about politics. If someone tends to show his impression about the performance of a rock
band, he discusses music and stage performance instead of telling an inflation issue. In other word, each individual has to consider who hisher addressee is and
what situation heshe is faced so they could communicate cooperatively. A common assumption which arises when we engage in a conversation is
that we try to cooperate with one another to construct meaningful conversations. This assumption is much alike the Gricean Cooperative Principles. As stated by
Grice 1975: 45, make your conversational contribution such as is required, at the stage at which it occurs, by the accepted purpose or direction of the talk exchange
in which you are engaged. In other words, we as speakers try to contribute meaningful, productive
utterances to further the conversation. It then follows that, as listeners, we assume that our conversational partners are doing the same.
Radio as one of the mass communication channel provides a wide and an interactive communication among people. Considering the potency of a radio
program show, there is a possibility for people to take a part in its interactive program. Programa Dua 95.3 FM RRI Semarang for the next in this final project
it is called as Pro 2 is one of radio station which exists in Semarang. This radio
station provides an interactive program called Pro 2 English Time. The program is conducted in English language format by Indonesian announcers and Indonesian
listeners. As a matter of fact, the conversations in Pro 2 English Time more or less reflect the real life situation. The conversations with certain topics in the program
are conducted by participants. The continuity of dynamic conversations in the program does not only depend on the topic, but also because of a mutual
communication among all participants. This study discusses how the conversations in Pro 2 English Time are analyzed based on Gricean cooperative
principles point of view. One of the standing points which can be used to analyze the conversations in the above program is Gricean maxims. It is interesting to see
how the conversation in Pro 2 English Time reflects the observance or deviation of Gricean cooperative principles maxims.
1.2 Reasons for Choosing the Topic
