The Analysis of Conversational Implicature in New Moon Movie

Abstract

Cooperative principle must be considered to make successful understanding between the speaker and the listener that happen in the conversation. There are four maxims in cooperative principle should be considered; quantity maxim, quality maxim, relevance maxim, and manner maxim. The focuses of this study were to describe and explain the conversational implicature. The objectives of this study are; first is to identify what maxims are violated by the characters in New Moon movie directed by Melissa Rosenberg and second is to describe and explain the implied meaning of violated maxim. In this study the writer uses qualitative descriptive analysis. The conclusions of this study are; the first, the writer finds out thirty one (31) violation of cooperative principle. Second, the writer describes and explains that the characters in this movie violated cooperative principle and they have their own reason to violate these maxims. The real meaning is not only in the structure sentence but actually the speaker intended meaning depends on the context.