An Analysis Of Conversational Implicature In A Bbc One Television Series: Sherlock – A Study In Pink

ABSTRAK
Skripsi yang berjudul ‘An Analysis of Conversational Implicature in a BBC One
Television Series: Sherlock – A Study in Pink’ berisi analisis tentang implikatur
percakapan. Skripsi ini membahas tentang tipe-tipe implikatur percakapan and
implikasi-implikasi pembicara dari seri telivisi yang berjudul Sherlock – A Study in
Pink. Teori yang digunakan dalam skripsi ini adalah teori implikatur Grice. Grice
membagi implikatur percakapan menjadi dua, yaitu implikatur percakapan umum
dan implikatur percakapan khusus. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode kualitatif
deskriptif. Dari hasil penelitian, ditemukan ada 11 implikatur percakapan umum dan
26 implikatur percakapan khusus. Dari implikatur yang ditemukan, ada 5 eksploitasi
maksim quantity, 15 eksploitasi maksim quality, 15 eksploitasi maksim manner, dan
2 pelanggaran maksim quantity. Pembicara menggunakan implikatur ketika mereka
berbicara, namun pendengar dapat mengerti, hal itu menunjukkan bahwa implikatur
cukup efektif digunakan dalam berkomunikasi.

Kata Kunci: Implikatur Percakapan, Implikatur, Implikatur Percakapan Umum,
Implikatur Percakapan Khusus.

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ABSTRACT

Thesis entitled ‘An Analysis of Conversational Implicature in a BBC One Television
Series: Sherlock – A Study in Pink’ contains analysis of conversational implicature.
This thesis discusses about the types of conversational implicature and the speakers’
implications from a television series Sherlock – A Study in Pink. The theory used in
this thesis is Grice’s implicature theory. Grice divides conversational implicature into
two types, those are generalized conversational implicature and particularized
conversational implicature. The research method is descriptive qualitative method.
As the result of the research, it was found that there are 11 generalized
conversational implicatures and 26 particularized conversational implicatures. From
the implicatures which have been found, there are 5 exploitations of quantity maxim,
15 exploitations of quality maxim, 15 exploitations of manner maxim, and 2
violations of quantity maxim. The speakers use implicatures when they speak, yet the
hearers can understand, it shows that implicature is effective enough to be used in
communication.

Keywords: Conversational Implicature, Implicature, Generalized Conversational
Implicature, Particularized Conversational Implicature.

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