CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURE IN A DRAMA ENTITLED SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS AND ITS APPLICATION IN LANGUAGE TEACHING A THESIS Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of Requirements to Aqcuire Sarjana Pendidikan Degree in English Education Program of Teacher and Education FacultyMuhammadiyah University of Purworejo NURNGAINI SOLIHATI 102120130 ENGLISH EDUCATION PROGRAM TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION FACULTY MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF PURWOREJO 2014 MOTTOS And you might be hate something but it is good for you, and you might be like something but it it bad for you, and God knows and you doesn’t know. (QS. Al-Baqarah: 216). O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 153) Remember Allah’s blessings, so hopefully you will be successful. (Surah Al- Araf, 67) v DEDICATION With gratitude and love, this thesis is dedicated to: 1. My beloved parents, Masdin and Suparti who always give me endless love, support, prayer and cares. 2. My beloved sister (Agustina Fajarwati, Dewi Anggraeni) and my brother (Faisal Salafudin). Thanks for all the things for me in any situation and condition and thanks for your support and prayer. I love you all. 3. My beloved nephews (Senja Azizah Aabidah and Mentari Manika Salsabila). Your laugh always gives me power to finish this thesis. 4. My husband in the future, Apri Adi Warisman, thanks for your prayer and patient. 5. My best friends, Awalia, Hesti, Hani, Nyunyun, Manyun, Dian, Tyas, Mbak ruroh,Si om(Erik) thanks for all motivation, incredible and unforgettable moments and thanks for quality time which always we spent together. 6. My advisor, Mrs. Zulia Chasanah, S.S, M. Pd., thanks a lot for your guidance, patient, and supports. 7. My classmates D’animals class, thanks for everything that you given to me, I will miss you guys. I will miss everything we’ve done together. I love you. 8. All my friends in English Department of UMP, thanks for lesson in my life. 9. All people who help me finishing my thesis. vi TABLE OF CONTENT S TITLE ……… ................................................................................................................. i APPROVAL SHEET ...................................................................................................... ii RATIFICATION SHEET ............................................................................................... iii STATEMENTS ............................................................................................................... iv MOTTOS ........................................................................................................................ v DEDICATION ................................................................................................................ vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................. vii TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................ ix LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................................... xi LIST OF APPENDICES ................................................................................................. xii ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................................... xii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study ............................................................... 1 B. Identification of the Problem ......................................................... 3 C. Limitation of the Problem .............................................................. 4 D. Statements of the Problem ............................................................. 4 E. Objectives of the Study................................................................... 4 F. Significance of the Study ............................................................... 5 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE A. Previous Study ............................................................................... 6 B. Pragmatics ..................................................................................... 7 C. Conversational Implicature ............................................................ 15 D. Drama ............................................................................................ 25 CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHOD A. Research Method ........................................................................... 26 B. Research Object .............................................................................. 27 x C. Sample and Sampling ..................................................................... 27 D. Instrument of the Study ................................................................. 28 E. Technique of Coding Data .............................................................. 28 F. Technique of Analyzing Data ........................................................ 30 G. Research Procedure ....................................................................... 31 CHAPTER IV: RESEARCH FINDING AND DISCUSSION A. Research Findngs ........................................................................... 33 B. Conversational Implicature Used in a Drama Entitled Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ............................................................................ 37 C. The Application Conversational Implicature Used in a Drama Entitled Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in Language Teaching 37 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION A. Conclusion ..................................................................................... 57 B. Suggestion ..................................................................................... 58 BIBIBLIOGRAPHY ..................................................................................................... 60 APPENDICES ............................................................................................................... 61 x LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Number and percentage of figures of speech .............................. 34 Table 2 Number and percentage of conversational implicatures ......................... 35 Table 3 Conversational Implicature made by figurative language ................................36 ..... Pre-Test and Post-Test Score of Control Group xi LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix 1 Thesis Consultation Log Appendix 2 Decree Letter Appendix 3 Lesson Plan Appendix 4 Script of Drama xii ABSTRACT Solihati Nurngaini. 2014. Conversational Implicature in a Drama Entitled Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Its Application in Language Teaching. A Thesis. English Education Program, Teacher Training and Education Faculty, Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo. Consultant: Zulia Chasanah,S.S., M.Pd. Key word: Conversational Implicature, Drama, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Application, Language Teaching The objectives of this study are: 1)To describe the conversational implicature occur in a drama entitled Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and its application in language teaching,2)To describe the application of the conversational implicature in a drama entitled Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. This research is conducted in descriptive qualitative method. The source of data is dialogues containing conversational implicatures spoken by the characters in drama, which are especially perceived as figure of speech. The sampling technique used is purposive for the sample is chosen based on certain purpose in order to reach the objective of this research. The analysis of data was done in three steps. First, the researcher starts reducing some utterances that use figure of speech, second, each datum was analyzed based on Grice’s maxims of co-operative principle which include: (1) maxim of quality, (2) maxim of quantity, (3) maxim of relation, and (4) maxim of manner. After that, the real data are displayed using table and particular. Here, the researcher analyzed several applications of conversational implicature in drama. In analyzing the data the researcher finds the idea from the drama that can be used for improving speaking the students in English language teaching. Based on the analysis, the outcome of this study indicated that all Grice’s proposed conversational implicatures were applicable to the drama entitled Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. There are 368 utterances consisting of 16 implicature between the four maxims, quantity, quality, relation, and manner. It is 25% of the implicatures was the maxim of quantity, 31, 25% for the maxim of quality and the maxim of manner, and 12, 5% for maxim of relation. The researcher hopes that this thesis will enrich the knowledge of conversational implicature for the teachers and students who should be able to improving speaking skill in teaching-learning activity. xiii CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION In this chapter the researcher wants to present the background of the study, identification of problem, limitation of the study, statements of the problem, objectives of the study, and significance of study. A. Background of the Study Many phenomena happen in daily life. One of them is communication. People spend much more time communicating than they realize. However, they sometimes do not aware that when they communicate they reveal something deeper through their utterances. These utterances might be in the form of long sentences or short sentences. The meaning of each utterance depends on listener’s interpretation. One speaker may utter something, but