PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF MAXIM FLOUTING AS A REFLECTION OF AMERICAN SOCIAL ISSUES IN THE SIMPSONS TV SERIES

Abstract

Abstract

The  study aims to  describe  a)  the types of Maxim  Flouting  of Cooperative Principles used by the main characters  in The Simpsons TV Series, b)  the strategies of maxim flouting used by the main characters  in  The Simpsons TV  Series,  and  c)    kind of American social issues reflected through Maxim Flouting in  The Simpsons TV Series.  The study  used descriptive qualitative  approaches.  The  method used to analyze qualitative data was a referential method with regard to the theories presented by Grice (1975). In refenrence to data analysis,  the results show three findings. First,  there are four maxims that are flouted. They are  (1)flouting of quantity  maxim, (2)flouting of quality  maxim, (3)flouting of  manner maxim, and (4)flouting of relation maxim. Second, there are eleven strategies in flouting the maxims. They include:  (1)giving too little information,  (2)giving too much information, 
(3)hyperbole,  (4)methapor,  (5)irony,  (6)sarcasm,  (7)banter,  (8)changing the topic,  (9)giving irrelevant answer,  (10)giving ambiguous information,  and  (11)being not brief. Third, there are five American social issues which reflected in  The Simpsons TV Series. They are (1)capitalism,  (2)nepotism,  (3)labor right,  (4)offensive joke, and  (5)libel. This suggests that the American social issues determine the use of language as reflected in  The Simpsons TV Series.

Keyword
maxim flouting, American social issues, The Simpsons TV Series