JEE (Journal of English Education)
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2020): JEE (Journal of English Education)

FLOUTING MAXIMS IN “WHITE HOUSE DOWN“ MOVIE

Rebekka Sinaga (Student of English Department Putera Batam University)
Nurma Dhona Handayani (Lecturer of English Department Putera Batam University)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jun 2020

Abstract

Cooperative principles theorized by Grice (1975) explained the way people use the language well and efficiently. There are four maxims in order to have achieve connection during conversation which are maxim of quality, maxim of quantity, maxim of relation, and maxim of manner. The fact is people often not follow and disobey the Cooperative principle and flouts maxim, it is called flouting maxim. The aim of this research was to discuss about the types of maxim which were flouted in the movie "White House Down" written by James Vand Erbilt. As the result, there were 15 data found in the research which flouted, maxim of quantity 4 data, maxim of quality 2 data, maxim of manner 5 data, and 4 data maxim of relation.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JEE

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

JEE (Journal of English Education) is a scientific journal that collects the results of the research and scientific work of lecturers, teachers, or students associated with learning and teaching English. It is a blind peer review international journal which publishes manuscripts within the fields of ...