THE CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURE AND ITS MAXIMS IN OPRAH WINFREY TALK SHOW IN METRO TV

ABSTRACT
Ary Azhari. The Conversational Implicature and Its Maxims in “Oprah Winfrey” Talk Show in Metro TV (A Pragmatic Study) (Supervised by Hamzah Machmoed and Marleiny Radjuni).
This research aimed to elaborate the implied meaning in the utterances of the speakers in Talk Show ―Oprah Winfrey‖ and disclose the effect of using Conversational Implicature and its maxims. Something very important here was the context of the speech was delivered, and paid attention to the background knowledge of people whom involved in it.
The method which used in analyzing the data in this thesis was descriptive method, which described and explained the meaning of each utterance (datum) which is delivered for attention in context as a whole, rather than analyzed a particular sentence separately without a background conversation.
From the analysis conducted, the writer finds some utterances which is implied by the speakers and has more than one meaning in speaking. The meaning can be understood if the speakers and listeners have a background in speech and conventional meanings of words which is used. In delivering or responding to an utterance, speakers do not always neglect the conversational maxims, such it has been introduced by Grice. Conversational maxims are often deliberately violated by speakers for another purposes, namely to comply with the principles of politeness. In addition, the fact shows that the social degree in community may influence the speakers in violating or obeying the Cooperative Principles & Politeness Principles.