Abstract:
These studies aimed at analyzing maxim in movie script entitled Up. There are two objectives of the research namely: To describe maxims used in Up movie script and to explain the application of maxims used in Up movie script for teaching speaking.
This research is descriptive qualitative research. The object of the research is maxims in movie script entitled Up. The data is taken from Up. The researcher uses observation in collecting the data and then analyzed the data in some steps.
The researcher identifies cooperative principle which is divided into four categories. The researcher calls these categories as quantity, quality, relation, and manner. The researcher gives five samples which are found in the movie that reflected every cooperative principle. The researcher gives examples from every dialogues in the movie which show that the maxims are violated. The researcher chooses Up movie script to analyse. The script consists of 100 pages. The researcher took 24 dialogues which are contained maxims for every sub categories. The application of maxims in movie script entitled Up is to teach English Speaking. The indicator is student can dentify maxims and apply the maxims in speaking English. The researcher suggests to the teachers, they can use autentic materials like this movie, so teachers can maximize teaching result. For the students, movie can help them learning maxims with something entertaining and fun.
