Relevance Maxim Violation in ‘The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’ Episode 1

Abstract

This study analyses the violation on the maxim of relevance uttered within the conversation between the characters on the television miniseries 'The Falcon and The Winter Soldier' season 1 episode 1. This study aims to collect the data of how maxim of relevance is violated and determine the factors of violating the maxim of relevance. The method used in this study is the descriptive qualitative method. This study is based on the theory of Grice (1975). The results showed that the 26 violations found on the maxim of relevance occurred under 13 reasons, namely; ignoring the message (3,85%), disbelieving (15,38%), prohibiting (3,85%), being distracted (3,85%), hiding the truth (19,23%), correcting the wrong (7,68%), showing anger (7,68%), feeling shy (3,85%), disagreeing (19,23%), convincing the hearer (3,85%), agreeing (3,85%), teasing (3,85%), and giving reason (3,85%). This result showed that the most reasons for violating the maxim of relevance are to hide the truth and to disagree, as both happened equally 5 times out of 26, and these violations were intended by the speaker. The result is proof that violating the maxim of relevance can be done for several reasons as long as the speakers have a different assumption or goals with the interlocutors.