Table 4.2 The percentage of the Violations to the Conversational Maxims
No. Talk Shows
Violation to Maxim Quality Quantity Relevance
Manner
1 Padamu Negeri
50 2
48 2
Save Our Heritage Round Table
Dialogue 45.9
8.2 45.9
3 Todays Dialogue
42.9 7.1
50
Violation to Each Maxim in All
Talk Shows 46.9
5.3 47.8
The table above shows that the violation to the maxim of manner occupies the biggest percentage. It is followed by the violation to the maxim
of quantity and relevance. On the other hand, the violation of maxim of quality was not found in all utterances in those three talk shows.
Viewed from each talk show, the violation to maxim of quantity was mostly found in “Padamu Negeri” 50. Meanwhile, the violation to the
maxim of relevance was mostly found in “Save Our Heritage Round Table Dialogue Heritage Round Table Dialogue”
8.2
. On the other hand, the violation to maxim of manner was mostly found in “Padamu Negeri”
50
. The maxim of manner was the most violated maxims that occurred
in debate—in this case the three talk shows—as the participants were likely to deliver their utterances wordily, vaguely, and disorderly. In other words, they
failed to fulfil the requirements of the maxim of manner. They were more likely to provide vague and verbose information for all participants in debate
they were involved in. They did so as they defended their opinion from others.
In other words, they delivered their best thought by putting forward much more detail—that sometimes turned into verbose and vague—answers as an
effort to make sure everyone that their opinion was the true one. In this research, the violations to maxim of manner and of quantity
gained almost equal percentage due to the character of the maxims; those maxims overlapped. For example, when a speaker provided much more
informative answer than a question required, he would be likely to beat around the bush or to be vague and verbose. It is in line with Thomas 1995:92. He
states that it is not easy to determine which maxim is being invoked. Particularly, the maxims of quantity and of manner seem to overlap.
Nevertheless, still the maxim of manner was the most violated maxim in the debates.
In addition, since debate is a formal argument or discussion of a question, e.g. at a public meeting or in Parliament or Congress, with two or
more opposing speakers, and often ending in a vote Oxford: 1995, it requires a detail, complete, and clear contribution. Sometimes, to deliver that kind of
answer, a speaker is more likely to speak verbosely, vaguely, and disorderly.
4.3 Concluding Remark
