A Conversational Implicature Analysis of Joko Widodo’s English Speech

Authors

  • Ratih Asti Supriyanto Nidaul Hikmah Junior High School

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55171/ed.v1i2.674

Keywords:

Conversational Implicature, generalized conversational implicature, particularized conversational implicatures

Abstract

This study aimed to find out the implicature that produce by Joko Widodo in his English first speech as a president of Indonesia. The approach that used in this study is qualitative research involving descriptive method which analyse Joko Widodo’s speech. The finding of this study showed that Joko Widodo’s speech have domination in generalized conversational implicature which inferred without a special reference to context, and particularized conversational implicatures that produced by Joko Widodo in his English speech only 21% from whole of the speech.

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Published

2022-08-01

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2020)

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