Proceeding of Undergraduate Conference on Literature, Linguistic, and Cultural Studies
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2026): Vol. 6 No. 1 (2026): UNCOLLCS: PROCEEDING RESEARCH ON LITERARY, LINGUISTIC, AND

Flouting Maxim in Leave the World Behind Movie Analysis

Rosita Fadillah (Unknown)
Dona Rahayu Sugiharti (Unknown)



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Publish Date
07 Aug 2026

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the types of flouting maxims found in the film Leave the World Behind (2023) and to identify the most dominant type. This study applies the Cooperative Principle proposed by Grice (1975), focusing on the flouting of four types of conversational maxims, namely flouting of quantity, flouting of quality, flouting of relation, and flouting of manner. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method. The data consist of utterances taken from the dialogues of the film, collected through observation and documentation techniques, which involved watching the film, reading the dialogue transcript, identifying utterances that contain flouting maxims, and classifying them according to Grice’s theory. The findings show that there are 27 instances of flouting maxims in the film, flouting of quantity accounts for 8 data (29.63%), flouting of quality for 4 data (14.81%), flouting of relation for 14 data (51.85%), and flouting of manner for 1 data (3.70%). Based on the finding the most dominant flouted maxim is relation. The implicatures generated from these flouted maxims reveal that the characters frequently use indirect speech to express rejection, concealment of information, frustration, suspicion, and fear.

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uncollcs

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Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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Proceeding of Undergraduate Conference on Literature, Linguistic, and Cultural Studies is a peer-reviewed proceeding, open access, and annual academic proceeding dedicated to the publications of research in the areas of linguistics, literature, and culture studies that had been disseminated in the ...