Types of Flouting Maxims Found in the Onward Movie

Abstract

The aims of this study are to analyze the types of maxims that are flouted by the characters and to describe why the characters flout the maxim. This study is entitled “The Types of Flouting Maxims Found in the Onward Movie”. The study focuses on the flouting maxims in Onward movie. This study focused on the theory of Grice (1975) in analyzing the type of flouting maxims and a theory from Leech (1983) in analyzing the reason behind the maxim that was flouted by the characters in Onward movie. This study used a descriptive qualitative method and use both formal and informal methods. The result of the study showed that the types of flouting maxim found in the movie are 16 data. The dominant flouting maxim uttered by the characters in this movie is the flouting maxim of relevance with the frequency of 7 (40%).