This thesis discusses the non-observance of maxim in Yes Man movie directed by Peyton Reed and distributed by Warner Home Video, 2008. The main objective of the research is to know the kinds of non-observance of maxim and the reasons of using them in Yes Man movie. This research uses qualitative method. The writer uses Gricean Maxim theory and other relevant references. He uses the movie’s scripts that initialized in the movie as the unit of analysis, and then he also uses the background and setting of the movie to make the reasons of the characters why they are using the non- observance of maxim in their conversation. Through this paper, the writer finds the research findings that there are three kinds of Cooperative Principle that initialized in the movie; they are maxim of quantity, maxim of quality and maxim of relevance. However, he only focuses on describing the setting of conversation, categorizing of non-observing maxim and their implicature meaning. Finally, the writer hopes that this research will be useful for future improvement, especially for English Department’s students who want to know deeply regarding Cooperative Principle.

SI14041

SKR BSI 14041

Perpustakaan FAH (Skripsi BSI)

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