AN ANALYSIS OF THE VIOLATION OF GRICE’S MAXIMS AS SEEN IN DIALOGUE AMERICA SITCOM “ROB”

Abstract

This study aims to describe the cooperative principle based on conceptual theory
proposed by Grice’s (1975). He describes communication as adhering to what he calls the
Cooperative Principle (CP). In this paper the writer focused her analyses on the violation of the
maxims. The source of the data is America Sitcom “Rob” taken from youtube. The writer
collects the data by watching and reading the script of the sitcom. The writer also discuss what
violated maxim and what are the context influences of the violation maxims. Then, the writer
represents the data analysis in informal way. In this research, the writer use pragmatics theories
in analyzing data. The results show some violation of maxims, there are maxim of quantity,
quality, relevant and manner in the sitcom.

Keywords: cooperative principle, Grice’s maxims, violation of maxim, context