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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

The sections called conclusions and suggestions become the part of this chapter. The former consists of the conclusions of the previous chapter, namely findings and discussion. Meanwhile, the latter consists of suggestions given to students of English department and other linguistic researchers.

A. Conclusions

The data of this research, which were obtained from Philomena, had been analyzed and two conclusions were made. Both can be seen below. 1. In relation to the first objective, which to identify the types of maxim flouting performed by the main character in Philomena, it can be stated that all types of maxim are flouted by Martin, the main character. Those maxims are maxim of quantity, maxim of quality, maxim of relation, and maxim of manner. However, the frequency of each type is different, and the most frequently occurred flouting is maxim of relation flouting. It appears 19 times out of 48 with the percentage of 39.6. It becomes the most dominant type because the main character often shows his thoughts and ideas by giving irrelevant statements, which is used to make a point. In other words, the main character has a tendency to be irrelevant because he is good at relating irrelevant objects. Meanwhile, the type which is the least frequently occurred is maxim of manner flouting. It occurs only 3 times with the percentage of 6.2. The main character rarely flouts this maxim because he is 72 an assertive man. Therefore, he rarely says something obscure to avoid making misunderstanding. 2. In relation to the second objective, which is to describe the strategies of maxim flouting used by the main character in Philomena, it can be seen that being irrelevant becomes the mostly used strategy by the main character as a result of the dominance of maxim of relation flouting. Both are related because there is only one strategy that can be used in flouting the maxim of relation, and because maxim of relation flouting is the most dominant type of flouting, being irrelevant subsequently becomes the most dominant strategy. It has the exact same frequency and percentage as maxim of relation flouting, which are 19 and 39.6. On the other hand, giving too little information and irony become the least frequently used strategy since they only used twice, with the percentage of 4.2. Giving too little information is rarely used because the main character likes put emphases on his thoughts, which can be done better by giving more information rather than giving too little information. In case of irony, it is because the main character is blunt. Therefore, he tends to insult others directly.

B. Suggestions