THE STUDY OF VIOLATING MAXIMS USED BY THE MAIN CHARACTER IN JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN MOVIE

This research aims to find the maxims violated by Johnny English as the main character in Johnny English Reborn movie. The data of this research is all of Johnny English utterances as the main character in the movie. This research study is using descriptive method because this research does not need statistic approach to analyze the data and the researcher describes the types of maxim. The purposes of this study are to identify the types of maxims violated by the main character in Johnny English Reborn movie and to describe the reasons of violation of cooperative principle in Johnny English Reborn movie.
The writer presents what she has found associated with the types of offense and use the theory of Grice’s Maxim combined with classification of Christoffersen. There are two conclusions of the research. First, the writer found all types of maxims that violated by the main character, Johnny English. The main character violated the maxim of quality, quantity, relation, and manner. Second, the writer found five reasons why he violated the maxims. Those are hiding the truth, saving face, satisfying the hearer, building one’s belief, and convincing the hearer.