An Analysis of Conversational Implicature in Pride and Prejudice

Abstract

Thesis entitled ‘An Analysis of Conversational Implicature in a BBC One Television Series: Sherlock – A Study in Pink’ contains analysis of conversational implicature. This thesis discusses about the types of conversational implicature and the speakers’ implications from a television series Sherlock – A Study in Pink. The theory used in this thesis is Grice’s implicature theory. Grice divides conversational implicature into two types, those are generalized conversational implicature and particularized conversational implicature. The research method is descriptive qualitative method. As the result of the research, it was found that there are 11 generalized conversational implicatures and 26 particularized conversational implicatures. From the implicatures which have been found, there are 5 exploitations of quantity maxim, 15 exploitations of quality maxim, 15 exploitations of manner maxim, and 2 violations of quantity maxim. The speakers use implicatures when they speak, yet the hearers can understand, it shows that implicature is effective enough to be used in communication.