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The Pragmatics Analysis of Cooperative Principles Used by the Characters in a Movie Entitled “Tron: Legacy”.
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Universitas Muria Kudus
Author
Nizar, Ali Musyafak Atun
Subject
Bahasa Inggris 
Datestamp
2013-05-07 08:44:45 
Abstract :
Commonly, a conversation consists of two persons or more that cooperate each other. Grice developed a model called as Cooperative Principles which human beings follow to ensure successful communication. Grice divides the principle to more specific called maxims. There are four types of maxims; maxim of quantity, maxim of quality, maxim of relevance, maxim of manner. Based on Grice’s Cooperative Principle and its maxims, the writer attempt to analyze cooperative principles used by the main characters in a movie entitled “Tron: Legacy”. This topic was chosen because observing maxims of cooperative principle is very important in order to make successful and meaningful conversations. This research is intended to find out (1) the types of the maxims used by the main characters in a movie entitled “Tron: Legacy” and (2) the types of the flouting maxims used by the main characters in a movie entitled “Tron: Legacy”. This research limits the discussion to the four maxims and flouting maxims used by the main characters in a movie entitled “Tron: Legacy”. This research uses descriptive method. The data source is selected the transcript of movie entitled “Tron: Legacy”. The technique of collecting data was based on the purpose of the research. The result shows that the numbers of maxims that are observed are 38 maxims. They consist of four types of maxims; those are maxims of quantity (9), maxims of quality (2), maxims of relevance (24), and maxims of manner (3). The findings also have shown that the numbers of flouting maxims are 8 flouting maxims. They consist of three types of flouting maxims; those are flouting maxims of quantity (5), flouting maxims of relevance (2), and flouting maxims of manner (1). Finally for the students, the lectures, the teachers, and other researchers, the writer suggests that they observe the whole maxims, because in a communication we need to give enough information, qualified, and relevant also with clear manner in order to make successful conversation.  
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Universitas Muria Kudus