A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF MAXIM FLOUTING UTTERED BY THE CHARACTERS IN MUCCINO’S PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS MOVIE

Abstract

This study focuses on maxim flouting uttered by the characters in Pursuit of

Happyness movie. This study is aimed at (1) identifying the types of maxim flouting in Pursuit of Happyness  movie and  (2) describing the strategies of maxim flouting uttered by the characters in Pursuit of Happyness movie.

This study applied qualitative research method. The data served as Pursuit of Happyness movie script. This study applied note-taking to collect data technique. The procedures of data analysis (1) identified the data which the researcher assumed as maxim flouting, (2) coded the data into data sheet, (3) re-checked the accuracy of the data findings, and (4) interpreted the data findings in order to answer the research question, and (5) made a conclusion of the data.

The  results  of  the  data  analysis  show  two  important  findings.  First,  the researcher finds four types of maxim flouted in the movie. They are maxim flouting of quantity,  quality,  relation,  and  manner.  Maxim  flouting  of  quantity  ranks  first because the characters deliberately gives more information than is needed within a conversation. Second, there are ten strategies of maxim flouting found in the movie. They are tautology, overstatement, understatement, metaphor, hyperbole, irony, banter, sarcasm, changing topic, and being not brief (obscure). The highest occurrence of the strategy used to flout maxim is overstatement strategy. On the grounds  that  overstatement  is  commonly  used  to  pursue  people  to  accept  the speaker’s idea.

Keyword: Pragmatics, Maxim Flouting, Muccino‟s Pursuit of Happynes