Senin, 30 Mei 2011

Flouting Maxims In Pragmatic Study


Flouting a maxim is a particular salient way of getting an addressee to draw an inference and hence recover an implicature (Grundy, 2000:78). Grice puts to flout a maxim is to contravene it deliberately and openly (Martinich, A.P, 1984: 36) 
Reasons of FloutingThere are some common reasons for flouting the maxims (Imelda, 2003)
As mentioned below:
Flout a Maxim of Quantity
Here the reasons of flout a maxim of quantity (1) to explain more about something; usually someone tries to explain about something by giving much information and expecting that the hearer will understand more about the topic, (2) To stress something; people use many words when they want to stress something in order to make the intended meaning more clear for the listener to follow, (3) To expect something; Sometimes people act and say more words to show something. They use this condition in order to expect something from other person, (4) To show panic, people are said to flout a maxim of quantity when he or she answer a question by asking many questions as a sign to show panic, for example: when we get a bad news, but do not believe on that, sometimes we try to convince ourselves, although by showing panic (A: Your boy friend gets an accident this morning,

B: Serious? Really? Are you kidding me?)
Flout a Maxim of Quality
Basically, people are considered flouting this maxim if they lie or say something that is believed to be false. There are some reasons for flouting this maxim (1) To convince the addressee (2) to cover something (3) to hide something, for example (A: )  
Flout a Maxim of Relation
People are said to flout the maxim of relation when he or she gives irrelevant answer to the topic being talked. (1) To change the conversation topic; in a conversation people usually change the topic of conversation to avoid talking about something that is embarrassing or just to end the conversation, (2) To give unnecessary additional information; sometimes people flout the maxim of relevance by giving unnecessary additional information to the topic being talked about, (3) To avoid talking about something; people usually say about something else when the partner of the conversation does not hear or understand about what they say because they do not want he or she know about it, for example (A: When will you get married? B: I’m still studying).

Flout a Maxim of Manner
There are two reasons people flout maxim of manner (1) to get attention;sometimes people use identical word in one situation to get attention from others, (2) To be clear.

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