CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURE IN THE EFL CLASS

Akbal, Fitri Amaliah and Mahmud, Murni and Patak, Andi Anto (2021) CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURE IN THE EFL CLASS. S2 thesis, UNIVERSITAS NEGERI MAKASSAR.

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Abstract

This study aims 1) to explore the meanings of conversational implicature produced by the lecturers in the EFL class, 2) to explore the reasons the lecturers use conversational implicature, and 3) to explore the students’ responses to the lecturers’ implicature. The sample of this research was three EFL lecturers in one of the Universities in Makassar. The instruments were observation checklists and interview protocols. This study shows that (1) the meanings of conversational implicature spoken and written by the lecturers, namely the lecturers or the informants, intended to ask questions, request, say something, clarify, suggest, and motivate the students. (2) Based on the reasons, the informants uttered conversational implicature because: (a) the students did not answer the question, (b) the lecturer heard that the students were difficult to join in LMS, (c) the lecturer wanted the students to read the e-book, (d) the lecturer wanted to give the motivation to do the assignment, (e) the students just copy-pasted the answer from google, (f) lecturer wanted to check students’ comprehension about the material, (g) the lecturer wanted to clarify something, and (h) to explain something. (3) The students’ responses to the lecturers’ implicature are doing something, shaking their head, nodding head, and laughing. Keywords: conversational implicature, flouting maxim, EFL lecturers, students’ responses on lecturers’ implicature

Item Type:	Thesis (S2)
Subjects:	PASCASARJANA > BAHASA INGGRIS (S2)
Divisions:	PROGRAM PASCASARJANA
Depositing User:	Pustakawan Amaluddin Zaihal
Date Deposited:	12 Apr 2021 03:05
Last Modified:	12 Apr 2021 03:05
URI:	http://eprints.unm.ac.id/id/eprint/19852

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