Wahyu Zulfa Lailah 14121320263 Conversational Implicature Analysis n Facing The
Giants The Movie.
This study analyzed conversational implicature, there are two types of
implicature: (1) conventional implicature and (2) conversational implicature.
Conversational implicature divided into two types namely “generalized
conversational Implicature” and “particularized conversational Implicature”. In
interaction process sometimes the speaker or interlocutors give utterance that contain
implied meaning. According to Grice (1989 : 24) implicature is related to the terms
imply, suggest, and mean. By the implicatur analysis in the utterances the writer
found some implicit manings that are delivered indirectly by the speaker has some
functions in producing the utterances, there are numerous speech acts in people‟s
utterances and according to Searle (1975) classifies them into five groups As follow :
Representative, Directive, Expressive, Comissive, Declarative.
The Research aims were to describe the types of conversational implicature in
Facing the Giants the movie and to describe the functions of conversational
implicature in Facing the Giants the movie
This research is a descriptive qualitative research that takes purposive
sampling technique. The data of this research were taken for the dialogue contains
utterance of implicature in Facing the Giants the movie.
The findings of data analysis showed that the total numbers of conversational
implicature from the two types were : 34, Generalized conversational implicature
from five functions were representative function namely 24, and others function such
directive are 13, expressive there are 8, comissive there are 8, declarative there is 1.
Keywords :Conversational Implicature, Implicature, Generalized Conversational
Implicature, Particularized Conversational Implicature, Representative, Directive,
Expressive, Comissive, Declarative
