about the cow disease. In this case, Gladstone’s utterance violates the maxim of relation since his talking is about the sense of British cow that is not related with
the cow disease.
3. Violations of Conversational Maxims of Manner
Based on the analysis, there are ten violations of conversational maxims of manner found in this TV- series. Here, the writer highlights some of them, while
the rests of data can be seen in the appendix 1:
Data Nu.
Line Nu.
Name Dialogue
10. 51.
GRIM Ive got a tough job on, and I need your cooperation. Now its pretty
urgent, so I wont beat about the proverbial privet.his face shows he is very busy and looks in hurry Frankly, Im too busy a man to be
cluck-clucking away like a decapitated feathered fowl, so Ill get straight to the point.
52. FOWLER
I’m delighted to hear it.
In this datum, Grim violates the maxim of manner. It is seen in the datum above.
Here, Grim’s utterance is obscure because he uses certain uncommon expressions to show his point. Actually, his utterance means he is very busy and
needs Fowler’s help as fast as possible. Therefore, he gets straight to the point in his utterance. In fac
t, Grim’s utterance is not clear and not to the point Frankly, Im too busy a man to be cluck-clucking away like a decapitated feathered
fowl, so Ill get straight to the point . It causes Fowler confused and does not
understand. In the conversation, Fowl er only responds Grim’s utterance by saying
“Im delighted to hear it” without understand what Grim is talking about. Here, Grim violates the maxim of manner because his utterance is not clear and causes
Fowler confused and does not get the point.
Data Nu.
Line Nu.
Name Dialogue
11. 51.
GRIM Ive got a tough job on, and I need your cooperation. Now its
pretty urgent, so I wont beat about the proverbial privet. his face shows he is very busy and looks in hurry Frankly, Im
too busy a man to be cluck-clucking away like a decapitated feathered fowl, so Ill get straight to the point.
52. FOWLER
Im delighted to hear it
53. GRIM
Time waits for no man, as the proverb goes. What I say is, in C.I.D., crime waits for no man. So with that in mind,
I shall cut the bovine feces altogether. 54.
FOWLER Good.
In this datum above , Grim violates the maxim of manner. Here, Grim’s
utterance is obscure and not brief because he uses certain proverbs to show his intention. Actually, his utterance means he has no much time to work in C.I.D.,
so he should work as soon as possible. However, Grim’s utterance is not clear and
not to the point because he uses the proverbs time waits for no man, as the proverb goes. What I say is, in C.I.D., crime waits for no man. So with that in
mind, I shall cut the bovine feces altogether . It causes Fowleras the listener is
confused and does not understand. In the conversation, Fowler only responds Grim’s utterance by saying “Good” without understanding what Grim is talking
about. In this case, Grim violates the maxim of manner because his information is ambiguous and not brief. He does not talk to the point and causes Fowler not to
understand.
Data Nu.
Line Nu.
Name Dialogue
12. 51.
GRIM Ive got a tough job on, and I need your cooperation. Now its
pretty urgent, so I wont beat about the proverbial privet. his face shows he is very busy and looks in hurry Frankly, Im too
busy a man to be cluck-clucking away like a decapitated
According to the datum above, Grim violates the maxim of manner. His utterance is the reply
to Fowler’s utterance “Good”. Here, Grim’s utterance is the continuation from his previous utterance. In Grim’s previous utterance, his
utterance is obscure and not to the main point because he uses certain uncommon expressions. In this datum, Grim’s utterance is still incongruity and not to the
point. He only talks about the condition of C.I.D and does not convey his main purpose to Fowler. It
can be seen in Fowler’s response to Grim’s utterance. Finally, Fowler has to ask what Grim wants to discuss since
in Grim’s beginning utterance, he says he needs Fowler’s help. However, until in the end of Grim’s
utterance, he never says what kind of help he needs and would like to talk about C.I.D which is not related with his main purpose. It causes Fowler asks again
about what kind of help Grim needs. In this case, Grim violates the maxim of manner because his utterance is not clear and to the point.
feathered fowl, so Ill get straight to the point. 52.
FOWLER I’m delighted to hear it
53. GRIM
“time waits for no man,” as the proverb goes. What I say is, in C.I.D., crime waits for no man. So with that in mind, I shall cut
the bovine feces altogether. 54.
FOWLER Good.
55. GRIM
he paces up and down in the briefing room This is C.I.D work, Raymond. In C.I.D we dispense with niceties. We
avoid irrelevance, we disregard herrings, red or otherwise. And above all we do not fanny about.
Grim walks and almost leaves Raymond in the briefing room
56. FOWLER
Inspector Grim? 57.
GRIM What?
58. FOWLER
Was there something you wanted to discuss? 59.
GRIM Oh yes.
60 GRIM
He sits close by Fowler. His face turns be serious To be blunt, Raymond, I need a woman and I want your help.
Data Nu.
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Name Dialogue
14. 61.
GRIM upset A policewoman, you idiot. Weve been on to a major local
villain for months, but hes slippery, like an owl. Fowler is confused
—He does, however, have a weakness. And that weakness is totty
. 62.
FOWLER confused Totty?
In this datum, Grim violates the maxim of manner. It is seen in the datum above. His utterance shows that Grim needs a policewoman to help him arrest the
villain since the villain is weak of women. However, he uses certain uncommon expressions to explain
the villain, such as “like an owl”. In this TV-series, Grim is described as the character who often uses uncommon expressions. His utterance
often causes the listener
confused. It can be seen when Grim says “but hes slippery, like an owl
”, Fowler’s face shows that he is confused and trying to understand. Then, there is a silence between two speakers. Actually, after Grim
talks, it is Fowler’s right to take his turn in talking. However he says nothing and keeps silence because he does not understand what Grim says. Finally, this silence
leads the first speaker Grim to explain again about the villain in order to get the second part that is kept silence by the other speaker. Grim says the weakness of
the villain is totty. In this case, Fowler violates the maxim of manner because he uses certain uncommon expressions which cause his utterance is not clear and
understood by Fowler.
Data Nu.
Line Nu.
Name Dialogue
15. 61.
GRIM upset A policewoman, you idiot. Weve been on to a major
local villain for months, but hes slippery, like an owl. Fowler is confused
—He does, however, have a weakness. And that weakness is totty
62. FOWLER
confused Totty? 63.
GRIM Birds, bints, anything in a skirt- barring a Scotsman.
Fowleris confused
— Hes a ladies man.
In this datum, Grim violates the maxim of manner. As seen in the datum above, h
is utterance is the answer to Fowler’s question “Totty?” Here, Grim also
uses certain uncommon expression to answer Fowler’s question Birds, bints, anything in a skirt- barring a Scotsman
. However, Fowler still does not understand Grim’s utterance. It causes the silence again between two speakers
since Fowler does not take his turn in the next part. Finally, Grim takes the next part, revises, and explains again his statement i
n order to avoid the silence “He’s a ladies’ man”. In this case, Grim violates the maxim of manner because he uses
certain uncommon expressions in his utterance which cause Fowler confused.
B. The humorous situation created from the violations of maxim
