Dominant Maxim violations in 'Behind the Lawyer Profession' of Hitam Putih Talk Show

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10.2991/conaplin-16.2017.40How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Grice's maxims; television talk show; conversation; maxim violation.

Abstract

Maxims are often violated in TV talk show programs, including Hitam Putih. This study is to find out the dominant maxim violations and their causes in the first segment of Behind the Lawyer Profession in Hitam Putih talk show. The source data in this qualitative study is the transcription of a conversation by a host/co-host and a guest (a famous Indonesian lawyer) with the duration of 08.25 minutes. The data are then analyzed by Grice's four maxims quantitatively and interpreted qualitatively. The findings show 32 maxim violations including all four types. Of these violations, maxim of relevance is the most dominant since the speakers wanted to create jokes and humors

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Junnilalita Aisya Virgin
AU  - Citra Putri Utami
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DA  - 2016/11
TI  - Dominant Maxim violations in 'Behind the Lawyer Profession' of Hitam Putih Talk Show
BT  - Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Applied Linguistics (CONAPLIN 9)
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SN  - 2352-5398
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