AN ANALYSIS OF CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURES FOUND IN MOVIE ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER

AN ANALYSIS OF CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURES
FOUND IN MOVIE ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER

By
TUY ENI WIJAYANTI
NIM 200932083

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTEMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY
MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY
2013

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AN ANALYSIS OF CONVERSTIONAL CONVERSATION
IMPLICATURES FOUND IN MOVIE ABRAHAM LINCOLN :
VAMPIRE HUNTER

SKRIPSI

Presented to the University of Muria Kudus
in Partial Fulfillment of Requirements for Completing the Sarjana Progam
in English Education

By
TUY ENI WIJAYANTI
NIM 200932083

ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTEMENT
TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY

MURIA KUDUS UNIVERSITY
2013

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MOTTO AND DEDICATION

Motto:
“Dream, believe, make it happen.”

( if you have a dream, ypu must believe that you will get it and try
hard to make it happen, then your dream will be come true... So,
don’t be affraid to dream as high as possible because dream is the
main asset that you got).

Dedication:
This skripsi is dedicated to:
Allah the Almighty.
My beloved parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Arifin, and my dearest youngest sister,
Nanda, thanks for your support, pray,
and blessing.
My best friends in senior years and
college (Pretty Bee)
My friends in UMK KUDUS who can’t
be mentioned one by one.
Anybody who support her.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First and foremost, the writer wants to express her highest gratitude to
ALLAH SWT the almighty for the blessing and aspirations so that she can
complete this skripsi entitled “An Analysis of Conversational Implicatures found
in Movie Abraham Lincoln: vampire Hunter”.
The writer wishes to express the writer’s deepest gratitude to those who
are directly or indirectly involved in completing this skripsi, they are:
1. Dr. Slamet Utomo, M. Pd, the Dean of Teacher Training and Education
Faculty of Muria Kudus University.
2. Diah Kurniati, S. Pd, M. Pd, the Head of English Education Department.
3. Fajar Kartika, SS, M.Hum as the first advisor, drs. suprihadi, M.Pd as the
second advisor, who have accurately guided her during the writing of skripsi.
4. All lecturers of English Education Department of Teacher Training and
Education Faculty of Muria Kudus University for valuable knowledge,
guidance, and advices during the years of my study.

5. My beloved parents, Mr. And Mrs Arifin, and my youngest sister, Nanda and
all my family for giving prayer and spirit.
6. My bestfriends I’ve ever had, Khalim, Santi, Ganish, Ayu, Lisa (From Pretty
bee) and my best friends from high school, Bella, Elok, Nisa.
7. My friends in happiness and sadness during compose this skripsi ( Dita, Uma,
and Jami’asih)

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8. All my friends in Muria Kudus University and all many people who help me
whose name cannot be mentioned one by one, I can only say thanks.
9. All the people who inspired me include : my favorite actor (Benjamin
Walker), my senior year’s teacher (Bu Zaenab S.Pd)
The writer would like to express her sincerest gratitude to the readers for
some critics and suggestions. Hopefully this skripsi will be useful for everyone.
Kudus, 30 July 2013

Tuy Eni wijayanti

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ABSTRACT
Wijayanti, Tuy Eni. 2013. An Analysis of Conversational Implicatures Found in
Movie Abraham Lincoln : Vampire hunter. Skripsi. English Education
Departement, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muria Kudus
University. Advisor : (1) Fajar Kartika, SS, M.Hum , (2) Drs.
Suprihadi, M.Pd
Key words : Converstaional Implicature, Generalized Conversational Implicature,
Particularized Conversational Implicature.
In much of our conversation, we assume that speakers and listener are
generally 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.
Conversational implicatures is an interesting thing where it is not a matter of a
sentence but instead of an utterance’s meaning.
Therefore, in this study, the writer is interested in analyzing the
implicature/implicit meaning that are found in the utterances of the three main
characters, and the types of conversational implicatures that produced by the three
main characters of the Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter movie. The writer used
Grice’s theory of conversational implicatures as the basis of the analysis of the

study. The utterances containing implicature fall into two categories: generalized
conversational implicature and particularized conversational implicature.
This is a qualitative research which the data of the study is taken from the
movie Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The writer chose Abraham Lincoln:
Vampire Hunter movie because the writer noticed that the utterances produced by
the three main characters contain a lot of implicatures. Moreover, Abraham
Lincoln: Vampire Hunter movie is a unique movie with an intellegent plot in
developing the story about the other life side of the sixteenth president of United
States.
From the findings, the writer found 104 implicatures from the three main
characters: Abraham, mary, and Henry. Between the two types, generalized and
particularized converstaional implicatures, generalized conversational implicature
take a bigger number 54. Whereas, the other one, the total of particularized
converstaional implicatures takes number 50. This study also reveals significant
finding that may contribute to the theory of implicature itself and its applications
so that it will useful for further reference. Firstly, the study reveals that one single
utterance can have two types of conversational implicature. To add, the use of
indefinite article ‘a/an’ in a sentence can actually function as cardinal number as it
actually refers to ‘one’. Lastly, the theory of indefinite article of the type ‘a/an X’,
is typically interpreted according to the generalized conversational implicatures

that : an X +> not speaker’s X cannot be genralized in this study since it can be
interpreted as the speaker’s X.
For the next researchers who are interested in doing similar research, this
study will give contribution to comprehend the conversational implicatures. And

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also this study can give inspiration and guidance for the further researcher to be
more careful in doing research.

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ABSTRAKS
Wijayanti, Tuy Eni. 2013. Analisa Implikasi Percakapan yang ditemukan dalam
Film Abraham Lincoln : Vampire hunter. Skripsi. Jurusan Pendidikan
bahasa Inggris, Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas
Muria Kudus. Pembimbing : (1) Fajar Kartika, SS, M.Hum , (2) Drs.
Suprihadi, M.Pd
Key words : Implikasi Percakapan, Implikasi Percakapan Umum, Implikasi
Percakapan Khusus.

Di dalam kebanyakan percakapan kita, kita menganggap bahwa para
pembicara dan para pendengar umumnya bekerja sama satu sama lain. Namun,
dalam beberapa situasi, pembicara bermaksud untuk menyampaikan lebih dari
yang diucapkan, sesuatu itu pasti lebih dari sekedar yang dimaksudkan. Ini adalah
makna tambahan, yang disebut conversational implicature. Conversational
implicature adalah sdari tiesuatu hal yang menarik dimana ini bukan merupakan
masalah kalimat melainkan makna dari sebuah ungkapan.
Oleh karena itu, dalam penelitian ini, penulis tertarik dalam menganalisis
implikatur/ makna tersirat yang ditemukan dalam ungkapan-ungkapan dari tiga
karakter utama, dan jenis conversational implicature yang dihasilkan oleh tiga
karakter utama dari film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Penulis
menggunakan teori conversational implicature dari Grice sebagai dasar analisis
penelitian. Ungkapan yang mengandung implikatur terbagi dalam dua kategori:
Generalized Conversational Implicature dan Particularized Conversational
Implicature.
Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dimana data dari penelitian
ini diambil dari film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Penulis memilih film
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter karena penulis melihat bahwa ungkapanungkapan yang dihasilkan oleh tiga karakter utama mengandung banyak
implikatur. Selain itu, film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter adalah film yang
unik dengan alur yang pintar dalam mengembangkan cerita tentang sisi lain

kehidupan dari presiden ke enam belas Amerka Serikat.
Dari temuan tersebut, penulis menemukan 104 implikatur dari tiga
karakter utama: Abraham, Mary, dan Henry. Di antara dua jenis tersebut,
generalized dan particularized converstaional implicatures, generalized
converstaional implicatures berjumlah sebesar 54. Sedangkan, yang lain, total
particularized converstaional implicatures berjumlah 50. Penelitian ini juga
mengungkapkan temuan yang signifikan yang dapat berkontribusi pada teori
implikaturnya dan aplikasinya sehingga akan berguna untuk referensi lebih lanjut.
Pertama, penelitian ini mengungkapkan bahwa salah satu ungkapan tunggal dapat
memliki dua jenis conversational implicatures. Sebagai tambahan, penggunaan
article tak terbatas ‘a/an’ dalam kalimat sebenarnya dapat berfungsi sebagai
nomor bilangan pokok karena sebenarnya mengacu pada angka ‘satu’. Terakhir,
teori article tak terbatas jenis ‘a/ X’, biasanya ditafsirkan sesuai dengan
generalized converstaional implicature bahwa : X+> bukan X milik pembicara

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tidak bisa disamaratakan dalam penelitian ini karena dapat diartikan sebagai X
milik pembicara.
Untuk penelitian selanjutnya yang tertarik dalam melakukan penelitian

serupa, penelitian ini akan memberikan kontribusi untuk memahami implikasi
percakapan. Dan juga penelitian ini dapat memberi inspirasi dan petunjuk untuk
peneliti selanjutnya untuk lebih berhati-hati dalam melakukan penelitian.

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


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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Research….............................................................

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1.2 Statements of the Problem…................................................................

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1.3 Objectives of the Research…...............................................................

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1.4 Significances of the Research…...........................................................

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1.5 Scope of the Research….......................................................................

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1.6 Operational Definition…......................................................................

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CHAPTER II REVIEW TO RELATED LITERATURE
AND HYPOTHESIS
2.1 Pragmatics ……………………............................................................

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2.2 Conversational Analysis.......................................................................

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2.2.1 Conversational Implicatures..............................................................

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2.2.1.1 Types of Conversational Implicatures...........................................

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2.3 Meaning................................................................................................

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2.3.1 Types of Meaning…….....………….................................................

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2.4 Movie....................................................................................................

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2.4.1 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter movie…....................................

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2.5 Previous Research…............................................................................

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2.6 Theoretical Framework….....................................................................

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CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE RESEARCH
3.1 Design of the Research….....................................................................

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3.2 Data and Data Sources….....................................................................

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3.3 Data Collectig…..................................................................................

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3.4 Data Analysis…...................................................................................

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CHAPTER IV FINDING OF THE RESEARCH
4.1 Research Finding………......................................................................

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4.1.1 Types of Conversational Implicatures in the Movie Abraham

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Lincoln:

Vampire

Hunter

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Context

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Interpretation…................................................................................
CHAPTER V DISCUSSION
5.1 The Implicatures and the Types of Conversational Implicatures in

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Movie Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.........................................
5.1.1 Generalized Conversational Implicature...........................................

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5.1.2 Particularized Conversational Implicature.........................................

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5.2 The Pedagogical Implication................................................................

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CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
6.1 Conclusion…........................................................................................

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6.2 Suggestion...........................................................................................

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REFERENCE…..........................................................................................
APPENDICES…........................................................................................
STATEMENTS...........................................................................................
CURRICULUM VITAE…........................................................................

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LIST OF TABLES

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Table
3.4 The Analysis and Classification of Conversational Implicature
4.1.1 The Implicature and the Types of Conversational Implicatures in
the Movie Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and the Context of
Interpretation.
4.1 The number of Conversational Implicature by each main character
4.2 The number of Conversational Implicature

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LIST OF APPENDICES

Appendix

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1. DVD movie Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter..................................

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2. Transcript of the movie Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter................

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