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THE ANALYSIS OF CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURE IN
DESPICABLE ME MOVIE

By:
SATRIA ADITAMA
NIM. 2011 32 064

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY
2015

THE ANALYSIS OF CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURE IN
DESPICABLE ME MOVIE

SKRIPSI
Presented to the University of Muria Kudus
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Completing the Sarjana
Program in the Department of English Education


By:
SATRIA ADITAMA
NIM. 2011 32 064

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY
2015
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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

MOTTO:
 You can take the future, even if you fail. Believe such what you see
about the fairy story that everything can be done.
 To get a success, your courage must be greater than your fear.
 When someone say your dream is too big, you can say to him that
his think is too small.


DEDICATION:
This Final Project Dedicated To:
 My beloved parents
 My sister and my brothers
 All of my family
 My best friends ever
(Yusrul, Toriq, Ari, Alvian, Eron)

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ADVISORS’ APPROVAL
This is to certify that the Skripsi of Satria Aditama (2011-32-064) has been
approved by the skripsi advisors for further approval by the examining committee.

Kudus, July 29th 2015
Advisor I

Titis Sulistyowati, SS, M.P.d
NIP. 19810402-200501-2-001


Advisor II

Agung Dwi Nurcahyo, SS, M.P.d
NIS. 0610701000001187

Acknowledged by
Head of English Education Department,

Diah Kurniati S.Pd, M.Pd
NIS. 0610701000001190

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EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL
This is to certify that the Skripsi of Satria Aditama (2011-32-064) has been
approved by the Examining Committee as a requirement for the Sarjana Degree of
English Education.
Kudus, August 2015
Skripsi Examining Committee:


Titis Sulistyowati, SS, M.P.d,
NIP. 19810402-200501-2-001

Chair Person

Agung Dwi Nurcahyo, SS, M.P.d
NIS. 0610701000001187

Member

Nuraeningsih, S.Pd. M.Pd.
NIS. 0610701000001201

Member

Aisyah Ririn Perwikasih Utari, SS. M.P.d
NIS. 0610701000001228

Member


Acknowledged by
Head of English Education Department,

Diah Kurniati S.Pd, M.Pd
NIS. 0610701000001190

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Alhamdulillah thanks to Allah SWT the Almighty who has been
bestowing everything to me since the creation of me until this time, and thanks to
Him who has been always with me beginning from the title choosing of this
skripsi, advisors deciding, references supply, time for consultation management,
and even the process of completing this skripsi entitled “The analysis of
conversational implicature in the despicable me movie”
I realize that my skripsi contribution will never get success without any
interference from other people. Therefore, it is my pleasure to acknowledge the
following people for their contribution to the writing of this skripsi:
1. Allah SWT the Almighty, the Most Merciful, the Most Gracious, the

Everlasting Energy Source, And Eternal Hope.
2. Nabiyyullah Muhammad SAW our Prophet.
3. My beloved parents for their loves and supports me in finishing this skripsi.
4. Dr. Slamet Utomo, M.Pd, the Dean of Teacher Training and Education
Faculty.
5. Diah Kurniati, S. Pd, M.Pd, the Head of English Education Department of
Teacher Training and Education Faculty.
6. Titis Sulistyowati, S.Pd, M.Pd, the first advisor who has given many valuable
criticisms, suggestion, and helpful inputs for accomplishing this skripsi.
7. Agung Dwi Nurcahyo ,SS.M.Pd, the second advisor who has given his care,
love, advice, and spirit to me, so that I can be able to finish this skripsi.

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8.

All lecturers and staffs of English Education Department of Teacher Training
and Education Faculty.

9. All my incredible friends in UMK (Toriq, Arinal, Yusrul, Eron, Alvian, Titin,

Zaen, Aniq).
10. Then, to all my friends that could not mention one by one.

Hopefully, this skripsi will be useful for anyone, who needs information
related to this study. The constructive critics and suggestion are expected from all
of the readers.

Kudus, July 20th 2015

Satria Aditama,

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ABSTRACT
Aditama Satria. 2015. The Analysis of Conversational Implicature in the
Despicable Me movie. Skripsi. English Education Department, Teacher
Training and Education Faculty, Muria Kudus University. Advisors: (i)
Titis Sulistyowati, SS, M.P.d., (2) Agung Dwi Nurcahyo, SS, M.P.d
Key Words: Conversational Implicature, cooperative principles, Flouting Maxims,
Implied Meaning.

In much of our daily conversation absolutely there are speaker or listener
and we guess that they cooperating with each other. However, in some
circumstance, a speaker intends to communicate more than is said, that something
must be more than just the words mean. It is an additional meaning called
conversational implicature. Grice (1975) is expert that firstly tells about the theory
of conversational implicature that stated the cooperative principle which consist of
four maxims that should be obeyed by the speaker. If the speaker break this rules,
that is called the flouting maxims. In addition, the conversational implicatures are
caused by the flouting maxims.
The writer use Grice’s theory to analyze conversational implicatures
related to the flouting maxims and implied meaning in the Despicable Me movie.
There are four of maxims; they are quantity, quality, relevance and manner. The
purposes of doing this research are to find out (i) the types of conversational
implicature in the Despicable Me movie, and (ii) the implied meanings of
conversational implicatures in Despicable Me movie.
The method of this research is descriptive qualitative research. The writer
chose Despicable Me movie because the writer noticed that the utterances
produced by the characters contain a lot of implicatures. The data of this research
are the maxims and the implied meanings in the conversation among the
characters of Despicable Me movie that flouted the conversational maxims based

on the Grice Cooperative Principle. The data source in this research is an
animation movie entitled Despicable Me.
The result shows that the numbers of flouting maxims in the Despicable
Me movie are 70 maxims. Those are flouting quantity (16/23%), flouting quality
(8/11%), flouting relation (32/46%) and flouting manner (14/20%). Mostly, the
implicature or the implied meaning of flouting maxim of quality is to cover up the
truth. The implied meaning of flouting maxim of quantity is to emphasize the
message. Another words, the implied meaning of flouting maxim of relevance is
to disclose certain purpose that particular characteristic. And the implied meaning
of flouting maxim of manner is to evoke curiosity.

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ABSTRAK
Aditama, Satria. 2015. Analisis Implikatur Percakapan di Dalam Film Despicable
Me. Skripsi. Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Fakultas
Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan Universitas Muria Kudus. Dosen
Pembimbing: (i)
Titis Sulistyowati, SS, M.P.d., (ii) Agung Dwi
Nurcahyo, SS, M.P.d

Kata Kunci: Implikatur Percakapan, Prinsip Kerjasama, Pelanggaran Maksim,
Dan Makna Tersirat.
Di dalam kebanyakan percakapan sehari- hari kita, yang pasti ada
pembicara atau pendengar dan kita mengira bahwa mereka bekerja sama satu
sama lain. Namun, dalam beberapa situasi, seorang pembicara bermaksud untuk
berkomunikasi lebih dengan apa yang dikatakannya, sesuatu itu pastinya lebih
dari apa yang sekedar dimaksudkan. Hal tersebut adalah makna tambahan yang
dinamakan implikatur percakapan. Grice (1975) adalah seorang peneliti pertama
tentang teori implikatur ini yang mengatakan bahwa prinsip kooperatif yang
terdiri dari empat maxim yang harus di taati oleh pembicara. Jika pembicara tidak
mematuhi peraturan ini, maka itulah yang disebut dengan pelanggaran makim.
Dengan kata lain, implikatur percakapan timbul karena pelanggaran maksim.
Penulis menggunakan teorinya Grice untuk menganalisa implikatur
percakapan yang berhubungan dengan pelanggaran maksim dan makna
tersembunyi di dalam film Despicable Me. Ada empat maksim yaitu maksim
kuantitas, kualitas, hubungan dan cara. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah (i) untuk
menemukan tipe- tipe implikatur percakapan di dalam film Despicable Me, dan
(ii) makna tersembunyi dari implikatur percakapan di dalam film Despicable Me.
Metode penelitian ini adalah pemaparan kualitatif. Penulis memilih film
ini karena penulis yakin bahwa ungkapan yang dihasilkan oleh para pemain di

dalam film ini mengandung banyak implikatur percakapan. Data penelitian ini
adalah pelanggaran maksim dan makna tersembunyi di dalam percakapan antar
pemain di film ini berdasarkan Grice teori tentang prinsip kooperatif. Sumber data
pada penelitian ini adalah sebuah film animasi yaitu Despicable Me.
Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa jumlah pelanggaran maksim
di dalam film ini adalah 70 maksim. Semua itu adalah pelanggaran maksim
kuantitas berjumlah (16/23%), pelanggaran kualitas (8/11%), pelanggaran
hubungan (32/46%) dan pelanggaran cara (14/20%). Kebanyakan implikatur atau
makna tersembunyi dari pelanggaran maksim kualitas adalah untuk menutupi
kebenaran. Pelangaaran kuantitas untuk menekankan atau memperjelas pesan
yang disampaikan. Dengan kata lain, makna tersirat dari pelanggaran maksim
hubungan adalah untuk menyingkap tujuan tertentu yang bersifat khusus. Dan
makna tersirat dari pelanggaran maksim cara yaitu untuk menimbulkan
keingintahuan.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER ........................................................................................................
LOGO ...........................................................................................................
TITLE ..........................................................................................................
MOTTO AND DEDICATION ...................................................................
ADVISORS’ APPROVAL .........................................................................
EXAMINERS’ APPROVAL ......................................................................
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..........................................................................
ABSTRACT .................................................................................................
ABSTRAK ...................................................................................................
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................
LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................

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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1

Background of Research .....................................................................

1

1.2

Statement of the Problem ....................................................................

4

1.3

Objective of the Research ...................................................................

4

1.4

Significance of the Research ................................................................

5

1.5

Limitation of the Research ...................................................................

6

1.6

Operational Definition..........................................................................

6

CHAPTER II REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE
2.1.

Definition of Pragmatics ......................................................................

8

2.2.

Cooperative Principle ...........................................................................

10

2.3.

Kinds of Maxim ...................................................................................

10

2.3.1 Maxim of Quantity ...............................................................................

11

2.3.2 Maxim of Quality .................................................................................

12

2.3.3 Maxim of Relevance ............................................................................

13

2.3.4 Maxim of Manner.................................................................................

14

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2.4.

Non- Observance of Maxim .................................................................

15

2.4.1 Flouting a Maxim .................................................................................

15

2.4.2 Violating a maxim ................................................................................

16

2.4.3 Opting out a maxim..............................................................................

16

2.4.4 Infringing a Maxim ..............................................................................

17

2.4.5 Suspending a Maxim ............................................................................

17

2.5.

The Flouting Maxim of Cooperative Principles...................................

18

2.5.1 The Flouting Maxim of Quantity .........................................................

19

2.5.2 Flouting Maxim of Quality ..................................................................

20

2.5.3 Flouting Maxim of Relevance..............................................................

21

2.5.4 Flouting the Maxim of Manner ............................................................

22

2.6.

Speech Events ......................................................................................

24

2.7.

Implicature ...........................................................................................

27

2.7.1 Conversational Implicature ..................................................................

28

2.7.2 The Flouting of Cooperative Principles As a Source Of Convertational
Implicature ..........................................................................................

31

Despicable Me Movie ..........................................................................

32

2.8.1. The Synopsis of Despicable Me Movie ...............................................

33

2.9.

Review of Previous Research...............................................................

35

2.10. Theoretical Framework ........................................................................

37

2.8.

CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE RESEARCH
3.1

Design of the Research.........................................................................

39

3.2

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

40

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3.3

Technique of Collecting Data ..............................................................

41

3.4

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

42

CHAPTER IV FINDING OF THE RESEARCH
4.1

Research Finding..................................................................................

45

4.1.1 The Types of Maxims are Flouted in the Despicable Me Movie.........

45

4.1.2 The Implied Meaning of Flouting Maxim in the Despicable Me
Movie ...................................................................................................

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CHAPTER V DISCUSSION OF THE RESEARCH
5.1

The Types of Flouting Maxims Found in the Despicable Me Movie .. 82

5.1.1 The Flouting Maxim of Quantity ......................................................... 82
5.1.2 The Flouting Maxim of Quality ........................................................... 85
5.1.3 The Flouting Maxim of Relevance....................................................... 87
5.1.4 The Flouting Maxim of Manner........................................................... 89
5.2

The Implied Meanings of Flouting Maxim in the Despicable Me
Movie ................................................................................................... 92

5.2.1

The Implied Meanings of Quantity ..................................................... 92

5.2.2 The Implied Meanings of Quality ........................................................ 93
5.2.3 The Implied Meanings of Relevance.................................................... 93
5.2.4 The Implied Meanings of Manner........................................................ 94
CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
6.1

Conclusion............................................................................................ 95

6.2

Suggestion ............................................................................................ 96

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REFERENCES ..............................................................................................
APPENDIX i ..................................................................................................
APPENDIX II ................................................................................................
STATEMENT ................................................................................................
CURRICULUM VITAE ...............................................................................

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LIST OF TABLES

Table

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Table 3.1 the Example of Flouting Maxims in Despicable Me movie ......

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Table 3.2 the Example of Implied Meanings in Despicable Me movie.......... 44
Table 4.1 the Flouting Maxims Found in the Despicable Me Movie ..........

46

Table 4.2 The Implied Meaning of Flouting Maxim in the Despicable Me
Movie ...........................................................................................

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