Topics and Reasons for Violating the Maxim of Quantity when Implicature is Generated

Abstract

Testing a theory is required to give room for the theory to improve and develop. This research is conducted for this reason. Specifically, this research is designed to identify the topics and reason of the violation of the maxim of quantity when the implicature is generated to complement the writer's earlier research. The data were collected by taking notes of the implicature produced by the participants during lunchtime at Universitas Katolik De La Salle Manado. The result shows that in the violation of the maxim of quantity, participants use implicature mostly to share information. The most significant topics in the violations of the maxim of quantity are jobs and people.