CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURE ON JOKO WIDODO’S INTERVIEWS AT BBC NEWS AND CNBC INTERNATIONAL TV YOUTUBE CHANNELS

Abstract

Conversational implicature in pragmatics is concerned with how the speakers interpret a speech in a conversation about what they expect to hear. This situation can happen in all contexts of communication such as in President Joko Widodo’s interviews at BBC News and CNBC International TV YouTube channels. Based on that, this study aimed to find out the types and maxims flouted of conversational implicature in President Joko Widodo’s interviews at BBC News and CNBC International TV YouTube channels. The research of this study was descriptive qualitative. The data collection was a documentation technique obtained by the listening method and note-taking techniques. In the listening method, the researcher also listened to the conversation on these videos and in the note-taking technique, the researcher made notes to write the classification of the data sources and to describe the data. As the result of this study, the researcher found 15 data on the types of conversational implicatures. There are 8 data of generalized conversational implicatures, and there are 7 data of particularized conversational implicatures. In the flouting of the maxims of conversational implicature, the researcher found 15 data. There are 12 data of maxims flouted of quantity, 1 data of maxim flouted of quality, and 2 data of maxims flouted of manner.