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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| Language: | English |
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Petra Christian University
2008-01-01
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| 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 |