FLOATING MAXIMS IN AN INTERVIEW OF DONALD TRUMP WITH TIME MAGAZINE

Arni Sukmiarni; Ulfiana Dewi

Arni Sukmiarni Universitas Nasional Pasim
Ulfiana Dewi Universitas Nasional Pasim

Keywords: Flouting maxims of quantity, quality, relevance, manner

Abstract

This paper entitled Flouting Maxims in an interview of Donald Trump with the Time Magazine, aimed to identify the two highest number of floated Maxims in the responses said by Donald Trump in an interview with TIME Magazine.The study employed a descriptive qualitative method and the data were taken from a Donald Trump’s transcript of an interview with TIME Magazine in the Oval Office in the year 2020. The responses of the interviewee were analyzed by applying the four conversational Maxims of Grice’s Cooperative Principle, then categorized into types of floating Maxims. The result shows there are twenty-nine utterances of four conversational Maxims— quantity,quality, relevance, and manner. A maxim of quantity is the first highest number of floated Maxim —thirteen utterances, whereas a maxim of relevance is the second highest number of floated Maxim—ten utterances. It can be inferred that Donald Trump’s utterances have an intended meaning to convey more information to share and a certain strategy to communicate his opinion when his irrelevant utterances are spoken.

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