CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURE IN MATA NAJWA™S TALK SHOW

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to find out the two types of conversational
implicature, they are; generalized conversational implicature and particularized
conversational implicature and to describe the reason of the most dominant type
of conversational implicature. This research was conducted by using descriptive
qualitative. The data was collected by applying documentary technique such as;
collecting reference and journal related to the study, searching and selecting the
source of data, downloading the data from youtube, and transcribing the script of
the show. The data were taken from six segments of one episode of Mata Najwa™s
talk show. The two types of conversational implicature were occurred in the
episode of Mata Najwa™s talk show. The findings of data analysis showed that the
total numbes of conversational implicature was 84 occurrences. The two types
were Generalized Conversational Implicature 49 (58.33%) and Particularized
Conversational Implicature 35 (41.67%). The most dominant type of
conversational implicature was Generalized Conversational Implicature. It shows
that the interviews usually used the clear, brief and straightforward statements in
order to avoid the ambiguity and to make the listeners were able to understand
what he/she said. And also this program is expected to give information,
interested and give some positive lessons to the listeners.