VIOLATION OF MAXIM ON FACEBOOK STATUS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN NORTH SUMATERA

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  • Tesha Lidia Aritonang and Meisuri

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https://doi.org/10.24114/jalu.v4i4.6689

Abstract

This study deals with violation of maxin on facebook status. The objectives of the
study were to find out the types of maxim which were violated by university students
and described the reasons why they did it in the conversation. The study used Grice
theory of conversational maxim and was conducted by using qualitative descriptive
design which aimed at describing the types of violated maxim and the reasons why
people did it. The data were the utterances and were taken from fifty selected
status of students from 9 universities in North Sumatera and collected by
randomly sampling technique. The findings of the study showed there were three
types and reasons of using violation of maxim. They were maxim of quality (1),
maxim of quantity (17), maxim of relation (24) and as the most dominant type. Their
reasons were to show respect, change a topic and create humor.

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2015-10-01

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Vol. 4 No. 4 (2015): (OCT-DEC)

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VIOLATION OF MAXIM ON FACEBOOK STATUS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN NORTH SUMATERA. (2015). LINGUISTICA, 4(4). https://doi.org/10.24114/jalu.v4i4.6689