in a second period and another one is speech about the relation between Indonesia and Malaysia. The speech would be analyzed to find the dominant
maxims used by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in his political speeches. Finally, the writer choose this topic “An Analysis of Maxims in
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s Political Speeches” to help the readers aware
that politeness in speech is very important in our life.
1.2. Identification of Problem
In relation to the background, the problems identified as the following 1.
The types of maxims used by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in his political speeches
2. The types of maxims which is dominantly used by Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono in his political speeches
1.3. Formulation of the Problem
In relation to the background, the problems of the study are formulated as the following
1. What types of maxims are used by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in his
political speeches? 2.
Which types of maxims is dominantly used by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in his political speeches?
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1.4. Objectives of the Study
The objectives of the study are described as the following 1.
To describe the types of maxims used by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in his political speeches.
2. To show the dominant maxim used by Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in his
political speeches.
1.5. Scope of the Study
This study analyzed about maxims in political speech of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, a president of Indonesia. Two speeches will be taken
randomly. This study was focused on Leech’s theory 1983 :206 which introduces six maxims. They are tact maxim, generosity maxim, approbation
maxim, modesty maxim, agreement maxim and sympathy maxim.
1.6. Significance of the Study
The significance of the study can divided into two as the following
1. Theoretical
This study is useful for the study pragmatics. Pracmatics is the study of how language is used to communicate especially about maxims in
political speech
2. Practical
This study is expected to provide some information about maxims that is useful for English Department students as a contribution to their
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understanding of maxims in social reality and its connection to language and interaction. By knowing the maxims, it will be useful for people who want to
realize and pay their attention to apply maxim in their communication such as being more careful in determining the choice of words, phrase, clause and
sentence in expression of ideas or meaning in a given context because being polite is an important thing in our life to interact to others.
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CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Speech as a way of communication focus on the speaker and it learn in pragmatics. Pragmatics Yule 1996:3 is a branch of linguistics which
is concerned with the study of meaning as communicated by a speaker or writer and interpreted by a listener or reader. The advantage of studying
language via pragmatics is that one can talk about people’s intended meaning, their assumptions, their purposes or goals and the kinds of the action
for example, request that they are performing when they speak. The big disadvantage is that all these very human concepts are extremely difficult to
analyze in a consistent and objective way. Maxims always found in conversation or in speech. In conversation
there is interaction between the speaker and hearer as directly and in speech actually the communication is happen indirectly. In speech always used
politeness and communicative language. For example , in political speech. In this thesis, the writer analyzed the political speech which use maxims. In
political speech sometimes found the special utterance depend of the speakers. And the speakers are always showing the difficult word or a utterance to show
the quality of their language or their education. That’s why it is interesting to analyze the maxims of speech of someone. In analyzing it, the writer needs
some theories to support and to make easy to analyze it. Here are some theories that needed :
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2.1. Pragmatics
Pragmatics is the study of language use which offers a complementary perspective on language, providing an insight into the linguistics choices that
users make in social situations. It is not too important whether they observe a particular syntactic rule or not.
There are some defenitions of pragmatics as quoted by Rahardi 1996 :48:
Pragmatics is distinct from grammar, which is the study of the internal structure of language. Pragmatics is the study of how language is used to
communicate. parker, 1986: 11
Pragmatics is the study of those relations between language and context that are grammaticalized, or encoded in the structure of a language. Levinson,
1983 :9
Pragmatics is the study of the conditions of human language uses as these are determined by the context of society. Mey, 1993 :42
According to Yule 1996 :3, “pragmatics is a concerned with the study of meaning as communicated by a speaker and interpreted by a listener”. He gave
four definitions about pragmatics, they are as follown
a Pragmatics is the study of the speaker meaning. Pragmatics is
concerned with the study of meaning as communication by a speaker writer and interpreted by a listener reader. It has, consequently , more
to do with the analysis of what people mean by their utterances than what the words or phrases in those utterances might mean by themselves.
b Pragmatics is the study of contextual meaning. This type of study
necessarily involves the interpretation of what people mean in a particular context and how the context influences what is said. It requires a
consideration of how speakers organize what they want to say in accordance with who they’re talking to, where ,when, and under what
circumstances.
c Pragmatics is the study of how more gets communicated than is said.
This type of study explores how a great deal of what is unsaid is recognized as part of what is communicated. We might say that it is the
investigation of invisible meaning.
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d Pragmatics is the study of the expression of telative distance.it is about
the closeness or distance between the speaker and the listener,whether it is physical, social, or conceptual,implies shared experience.
2.2. Speech Act
