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Maxim Violations and Cooperation Breakdown in Moana 2: A Pragmatic Perspective

Year: 2025
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: This study aims to investigate how the violations committed by the characters in the movie Moana 2. This study is analyzed by using Grice's theory to reveal the violations committed. Qualitative method is used in this study. As said in Edi, Huberman Qualitative research produces descriptive data in the form of written or spoken words, which may be used to observe descriptive information about a scenario, a person's traits, or the symptoms of a certain group. The sources used are sentences and dialogues contained in this film that contain maxim violations. This study reveal several maxims that are violated, such as: maxims of relevance, quantity, quality, and manner. Violations committed by all the characters that not all have a negative impact, the story is enriched because of these violations, thus displaying humor, emotion, and showing the principle of cooperation from Grace which is applied to the communication of each character.
Language: English
Open Access status: diamond
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