Data Trustworthiness RESEARCH METHOD

understatement strategy also becomes the strategy which is used to flout maxim of quantity. Understatement strategy occurs 5 times out of 60. This strategy happens in a small number of frequency because the characters in the movie are rarely being uninformative with their utterance. On the other hand, none of the data shows the use of tautology strategy to flout maxim of quantity. It happens because tautology is identical with a meaningless expression. This strategy also could not bring enough information. Therefore, tautology strategy does not appear in this research. The characters in the movie usually prefer to give too much information rather than to give too little information which is confusing. In other words, the characters in the movie rarely say something which has no communicative value. Then, metaphor, hyperbole, irony, banter, and sarcasm are the strategies which are used to flout maxim of quality. Hyperbole strategy becomes the most prominent strategy to flout maxim of quality. This happens because some characters in the movie exaggerate their statements. Meanwhile, none of the data shows the use of banter which becomes an offensive way of being friendly as the strategy to flout maxim of quality. It happens because some characters prefer to give their mocking tone to hurt the other characters feeling rather than to be friendly with them. Therefore, this strategy does not appear. Furthermore, changing the topic strategy becomes the only strategy to flout maxim of relation. In addition, changing the topic also becomes the second prominent strategy which is used by the characters in the movie. The occurrence of changing the topic strategy is 13 times out of 60, right behind overstatement strategy. The characters who flout maxim of relation by using changing the topic strategy tend to make the other characters imagine something from the implicature of their utterances. In using this strategy to flout maxim of relation, the speaker expects that the listener will be able to make the connection between hisher utterance and the preceding one. Furthermore, being obscure becomes the most prominent strategy which is used by the characters of the movie to flout maxim of manner. The total the occurrence of this strategy is 10 out of 60. Some characters usually use being obscure strategy when they appear to be obscure and try to exclude a third party.

B. Discussion

In this section, the researcher answers the research questions by giving detailed explanations using some related theories which are previously discussed in Chapter II. This section is divided into two parts. The first part is the analysis of the types of maxim flouting. Then, the second part is the analysis of the strategies of maxim flouting. All the discussion includes examples of the data as well as the explanations of the analysis.

1. Types of Maxim Flouting Performed by the Characters in This Boy

’s Life Movie As presented in Table 2, the most prominent type of maxim flouting performed by the characters of This Boy ’s Life movie is quantity maxim flouting. It is then followed by quality maxim flouting, relation maxim flouting, and manner maxim flouting.