A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF INTERROGATIVE UTTERANCES A Pragmatic Analysis Of Interrogative Utterances In Captain America Movie Manuscript.

A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS
OF INTERROGATIVE UTTERANCES
IN CAPTAIN AMERICA MOVIE MANUSCRIPT

RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for Bachelor Degree of Education
in English Department

Proposed by:
NOVIA PURNAMASARI
A320090240

SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
2013
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MOTTO

“Life is not about finding yourself, Life is about creating yourself”
“Where there is a will, there is a way”
“Do the best you can do in whatever you are trying to do and never give up.
Success is not by chance it is by choice”

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DEDICATION

With love this research is dedicated to:
1. Her beloved parents,
2. Her beloved aunts,
3. Her beloved sister,
4. Her beloved boyfriend, and

5. All of her friends.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Assalamualaikum Wr.Wb
Alhamdulillahirobbil’alamin, Praise to Allah SWT for the blessing the
writer in completing of this research paper. The researcher also received help from
many individuals. Their loving help and kindness will always be reflected in this
research. On this very special occasion, the researcher wishes to express her
gratitude to those who helped her completing this research paper.
1. Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M.Si, the Dean of School of Teacher Training and
Education of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.
2. Titis Setyabudi,S.S, M.Hum the Head of English Education Department of
Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.
3. Dra. Siti Zuhriah Ar., M.Hum. the first consultant for the patience in
providing continuous guidance, advice, suggestion and correction till the
end of this research.
4. Drs. Sigit Haryanto, M.Hum. the second consultant who has helped the

researcher.
5. All lectures of English Department who have given their knowledge and
experiences.
6. All friends of English Departement especially in 2009, thank for
everything.

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SUMMARY
NOVIA PURNAMASARI. A320090240. A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF
INTERROGATIVE UTTERANCES IN CAPTAIN AMERICA MOVIE
MANUSCRIPT. Research paper Teacher Training and Education Faculty.
Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, 2013.
This research deals with interrogative utterances in Captain America movie. The
research aims at describing the types of interrogative utterance, implicature, and
violation of Grice Maxims of Captain America movie.
The research employs the descriptive qualitative as the type of the research, the
data source of this research is the script of Captain America movie. Techniques of

collecting data are watching the movie, observing the script of the Captain
America movie, signing the interrogative utterances in script of Captain America
movie, collecting the data of interrogative utterances and other elements relating
with interrogative utterances. The techniques of analyzing data are describing the
type of interrogative utterances, describing the implicature of interrogative
utterances, describing the maxim violation.
The result of the study shows that 1) the types of interrogative are: yes-no
question, tag question and, interrogative sentence with word question. 2) The
implicature of interrogative utterances covers conventional implicature 12,82%
and conversational implicature 87,18%. 3) The maxim often violated by the
character is maxim of Quality 10, 26%, Quantity 41, 02%, relevant 2, 57%and
manner 33, 33%.
Keywords: interrogative utterances, pragmatics, analysis.

Consultant 1

Consultant II

(Dra. Siti Zuhriah Ar, M.Hum)
NIK. 225


(Drs. Sigit Haryanto, M.Hum)
NIK. 567

Dean,

Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M.Si
NIK. 547

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TABLE OF CONTENT
COVER .......................................................................................................

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APPROVAL ................................................................................................

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ACCEPTANCE ..........................................................................................

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TESTIMONY..............................................................................................

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MOTTO ......................................................................................................

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DEDICATION ............................................................................................

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..........................................................................

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SUMMARY ................................................................................................

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TABLE OF CONTENT ..............................................................................

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LIST OF TABLE ........................................................................................

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CHAPTHER I: INTRODUCTION ............................................................

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A. Background of the Study ...............................................

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B. Previous Study .............................................................

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C. Problem Statement ........................................................

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D. Objective of the Study...................................................

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E. Limitation of the Study ................................................

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F. Benefit of the Study ......................................................

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G. Research Paper Organization ........................................

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CHAPTER II: UNDERLYING THEORY ...............................................

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A. The Notion of Pragmatics .............................................

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B. Principles of Pragmatics ...............................................

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1. Deixes ....................................................................


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2. Presupposition .........................................................

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3. Speech act ..............................................................

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4. Implicature .............................................................

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C. Implicature....................................................................

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1. Definition of implicature ........................................


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2. Kinds of implicature ................................................

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a. conventional implicature ...................................

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b. conversational implicature .................................

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D. Maxim .........................................................................

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1. Maxim of quality....................................................

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2. Maxim of quantity ..................................................

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3. Maxim of relevance ...............................................

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4. Maxim of manner ..................................................

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E. Utterances ....................................................................

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F. Context of Speech .........................................................

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G. Interrogative Sentence ...................................................

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H. Captain America Movie ................................................

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CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD ..................................................

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A. Type of Research .........................................................

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B. Object of Research ........................................................

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C. Data and Data Source ....................................................

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D. Method of Collecting Data ............................................

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E. Technique of Analyzing Data ........................................

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CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION .................

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A. Research Finding ..........................................................

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B. Discussion ....................................................................

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CAPTHER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION...............................

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A. Conclusion ...................................................................

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B. Suggestion ...................................................................

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BIBLIOGRAPHY .......................................................................................
VIRTUAL REFERENCES.........................................................................
APPENDIXES.............................................................................................

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LIST OF TABLE

4.1 Types of Interrogative sentences
4.2 Implicature
4.3 Violated the maxims

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