[:en]Muchammad Alfan     ABSTRACT   This article discusses the maxims of politeness principles and the pragmatic scales. It is found in the interview between Putra Nababan and Barack Obama on March 22nd, 2010. The purpose of this study is to determine how far the maxims of politeness principles and the pragmatic scales affect Nababan...Read More

[:en]Eka Rosiana Rais   Abstract This research talks about the flouting maxims as the result of applying implicature on the main characters’ utterances in The Amazing World of Gumball. This study concerns with the use of cooperative principle, the four conversational maxims, and the flouting of the maxims. The purposes of this research are; to...Read More

[:en]Eka Rosiana Rais   Abstract This research talks about the flouting maxims as the result of applying implicature on the main characters’ utterances in The Amazing World of Gumball. This study concerns with the use of cooperative principle, the four conversational maxims, and the flouting of the maxims. The purposes of this research are; to...Read More

[:en]Yusuf Wibisono   Abstract Humour is a verbal and visual stimulation that spontaneously provoke smiles and laughter; listener or viewer. Humour can be presented in various forms such as fairy tales, riddles, folk poetry, folk songs, nicknames, caricatures, cartoons, even the name of the food that is funny. In this research, the humour is presented...Read More

[:en]Viajeng Indraswuri   Abstract This research discusses the use of assertive illocutionary acts uttered by the main characters in My Sister’s Keeper movie script by Nick Cassavetes and Jeremy Leven. It explores how the acts of assertives are conveyed by the main characters in the whole movie script. The purposes of this study are to...Read More