ABSTRACT

                This research is a classification of conversations that violate a maxim of cooperative principle, implicature and function of the violate a maxim of the cooperative principle in the drama  Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihonggo Episode 1-12. The first problem formulation was analyzed with the cooperative principle Grice (1975). The second formulation was analyzed using the theory of implicature from Leech (1983). Third formulation was analyzed using the assertive and expressive function theory of Searle (1979). This research is a qualitative research using descriptive analysis method. The drama “Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihonggo Episode 1-12” was the subject of research data.

            The results of this study are explained as follows. conversations that violate a maxim of cooperative principle have four categories: maxim of quality, maxim of quantity, maxim of  relevance, and maxim of manner. 1. The violation of maxim of quality has two categories, providing fabricated information and facts manipulation. 2. It has two categories, giving excessive information and giving less information 3. The violation of maxim of relevance has one category, conversation irrelevance 4. The violation of maxim of manner has two categories, ambiguous speaking or the provision of vague information and the convolution of the information given.

            There are 2 types of implicature to violate a maxim of the cooperative principle. Conversational implicature and scale implicature The conversational implicature is divided into 2 (two) categories, the general conversational implicature and the specific conversation implicature. The general conversational implicature has 7 (seven) categories, to give advice, to compel, to complain, to give information, to criticize, to invite and to compliment. Specific conversational implicature has 7 (seven) categories, to reject, to force, to give information, to complain, to criticize, to compliment and to confusing information. The scale implicature has 1 (one) category, weight scale. The violation function of the maxim of cooperation principle is divided into two function, assertive and expressive, each type of function has been categorized based on the presented data.

Keywords: implicature, violates a maxim of the cooperative principle, function violate a maxim of the cooperative principle, drama dan Nihonjin No Shiranai Nihonggo