CONVERSATIONAL MAXIMS USED BY ENGLISH POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS IN CLASSROOM DISCUSSION

This study deals with conversational maxims used by English Postgraduate students in classroom discussion. The data were collected from English Postgraduate students class A yearly 2013. This study employs qualitative descriptive design with object participants to get understanding through this study. The instruments used in this study are recording and interview. The data of this study were students’ utterances which consist of maxims obedience and violation. The data from interview is used to examine the reason of maxim obedience and violation occurrences. The data were analyzed by using interactive model by Miles and Huberman. The finding shows that there are maxim obedience to maxim of quantity, maxim of quality, maxim of relevance, and maxim of manner (53,33%) and maxim violation (46,66%) happen in the classroom discussion , nevertheless maxim violation is not considered as fault in a kind of conversation. Maxim obedience are done for the reasons convincing the hearer (7,14%), satisfying the hearer (7,14%), clarifying and strengthening (85,71%), and maxim violation are done for the reasons hide the truth (3,12%), safe face (3,12%), satisfy the hearer (18,75%), cheer the hearer (12,5%), convincing the hearer (43,75%), and clarifying and strengthening (18,75%).