THE MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OF CONVERSATIONAL MAXIMS IN LYING DONE BY THE CHARACTERS IN SOME EPISODES OF DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES

The study on the characters' multiple violations in Desperate Housewives film shows that in violating the maxims, each person has his own reason specifically in lying. Using Grice's Cooperative Principle and Christoffersen's criteria of lying, the findings revealed that violating all...

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Main Authors: Anneke H. Tupan, Helen Natalia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Petra Christian University 2008-01-01
Series:K@ta: A Biannual Publication on the Study of Language and Literature
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Online Access:http://puslit2.petra.ac.id/ejournal/index.php/ing/article/view/16760
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description The study on the characters' multiple violations in Desperate Housewives film shows that in violating the maxims, each person has his own reason specifically in lying. Using Grice's Cooperative Principle and Christoffersen's criteria of lying, the findings revealed that violating all maxims was meant to eliminate the interlocutor's chance to respond, violating three maxims was to cover the truth and violating two maxims was to create another lie in the future.
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THE MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OF CONVERSATIONAL MAXIMS IN LYING DONE BY THE CHARACTERS IN SOME EPISODES OF DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
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title THE MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OF CONVERSATIONAL MAXIMS IN LYING DONE BY THE CHARACTERS IN SOME EPISODES OF DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
title_full THE MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OF CONVERSATIONAL MAXIMS IN LYING DONE BY THE CHARACTERS IN SOME EPISODES OF DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
title_fullStr THE MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OF CONVERSATIONAL MAXIMS IN LYING DONE BY THE CHARACTERS IN SOME EPISODES OF DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
title_full_unstemmed THE MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OF CONVERSATIONAL MAXIMS IN LYING DONE BY THE CHARACTERS IN SOME EPISODES OF DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
title_short THE MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS OF CONVERSATIONAL MAXIMS IN LYING DONE BY THE CHARACTERS IN SOME EPISODES OF DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
title_sort multiple violations of conversational maxims in lying done by the characters in some episodes of desperate housewives
topic multiple violations
url http://puslit2.petra.ac.id/ejournal/index.php/ing/article/view/16760
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