utterance in data 16 violates maxim of quality since it is impossible that the corpse of someone has more than one skull. The street – trader gives or makes
contribution that isn’t true and isn’t appropriate with the evidence or the fact. The utterance which violates maxim of quality causes conversational
implicature. The inference of the violation above can be concluded that it is impossible that the corpse of someone has more than one skull even the skull of
Cleopatra. The street – trader persuades the tourist in order to buy his skull of Cleopatra.
4.2.3 Violation of Relation Maxim
This maxim contains a rule concerning how a contribution in a verbal interaction should relate to the topic spoken. Grice 1975, as quoted by Mey
1993:65, describes this maxim: “Make your contribution be relevant”. Accordingly, if we say something irrelevant to the topic in a verbal interaction.
Moreover ‘when’ it can not be easily understood by hearer or reader, it has violated relation maxim.
17. Data 17
My 15 years old daughter, Courtney, had become ill, and thinking it might be appendicitis. We went to the emergency room at our local
hospital. Courtney was feeling so sick even to answer question, so the nurse asked me to describe her symptoms. I explained that she was
complaining of a cute pain in her side, but in a small voice, Courtney corrected me, “It’s not a cute pain It really hurts.”
Courtney, the daughter of the writer, has become ill. She thinks that she may have appendicitis. To get the clear diagnosis, she and her mother go to the
emergency room at local hospital. The nurse asks her about her symptoms. However, she is feeling so sick to answer the nurse’s question. So, her mother
describes her symptoms. Her mother says that she has been complaining of a cute pain in her side. Hearing her mother answer, she says to her mother that she is
truly sick.
From the data above, it can be seen that Courtney complains of her mother explanation to the nurse. It can be seen from Courtney utterance from data “It’s
not a cute pain It really hurts.” Her utterance has assertive function. It has function to assert to his mother that she is truly sick. That utterance violates
relation maxim because she gives information which has no relationship with the topic discussing. It happens because she does not really know the concept of the
cute pain which said by her mother to the nurse. Actually, her mother wants to explain the nurse how sick she is.
The utterance which violates relation maxim causes conversational implicature. The inference of the violation can be concluded that Courtney
complains or protests to her mother. She thinks that her mother does not know how sick she is. So, her mother tells to the nurse that she has a cute pain. She
wants to assert her mother that she is really sick. Therefore she says, “It’s not a cute pain It really hurts.”
18. Data 18
Our per-natal class included a tour of pediatric wing at the hospital. When a new baby was brought into to the nursery, all the
woman tried to guest its weight, but the guy standing next to me was the only male to venture of number “look like four kilos,” he
offered confidently. “this can’t be your first, “I said. “Oh, yes, it’s my first.” “How would you know the weight of baby?” He
shrugged. “I’m fisherman.”
The man’s
utterance “I’m a fisherman” in data 18 has declarative
function. It has function to tell that he is a fisherman. It violates maxim of relevance because his information doesn’t relate with the topic discussing. The
topic is about the weight of the baby. The woman wonders how he knows that the baby’s weight look like four kilos. The man doesn’t give an appropriate answer to
the question “how would you know the weight of baby? “. He should give argument which supports his opinion.
The utterance which violates maxim of relevance causes conversational implicature. The inference of the violation can be concluded that the man
compares the weight of the baby with the weight of the fish. When the fisherman sells the fish to the costumers usually he weighs the fish first. He just guesses the
weight of the fish without using any tools. Since he is used to weighing the fish by guessing he can guess the weight of the baby.
19. Data 19
