Implicature in danielle stell’s kaleidoscope

ABSTRACT

This study was focused on the opinion section using Grice theory of implicature. Implicature is part discourse analysis study and concerns with anything that is inferred from an utterance or sentence. In write text such as Novel, the language used is often contextual and interpretable. Besides, it has implied and intended meaning, particularly on its opinions section. Based on the background, the study about the implicature was conducted with the following problem; How are implicature in Danielle Stell's Caleidoscope ?
This research was conducted using descriptive qualitative method based on the Grice’s theory of implicature. The data were selected from February Ist to 10 March, which were taken within the range from the beginning to the end of the Novel.

Data analysis revealed some findings covering the formulated research questions. First, the implicatures used in the titles of the implicatures of the opinions used in the Novel Danielle Stell's Caleidoscope could be categorized in to generalized implicature and particularized implicature. Generalized Implicature was used when the information being conveyed was clear, brief, in chronological order and no context was required by readers to understand the information in it. In addition particularized was used when the clarity, brevity, and sufficiency of information was not be given by the journalist to the readers. So, the context was required by the readers to understand the journalist intended message. Second, the cooperative principle, in particular the maxim of quantity, quality, manner, and relevant also being considered or abided by journalist in conveying the information the opinion. The information being conveyed in not less and more information than is required, written in short but has conveyed the whole information, written in chronological order, clear and not obscure.

Finally, the writer suggest to next researcher to use the finding as the additional reference and comparative pragmatic study. In addition, the researcher suggest to next researcher to use Grice's theory of implicature to conduct the daily utterance, which occur naturally in certain in certain society, it is also, can be used

ت;٠;اجب ٠ا ا sc ano؛! the investigate on literary works. The next researcher also can of implicature as Wilson and Sperber's theory of implicature or semantic approach to investigate the some area.