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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelTo make a conversation go smoothly, each participant should obey the
cooperative principle, which has a significant function in conversation. The
cooperative principle reflects four maxims of conversation; they are maxim of
quantity, maxim of quality, maxim of relevance and maxim of manner. Sometimes
when we talk with our partner, we have a misunderstanding because the participant in
conversation flouts the maxims for some reasons. They tend to flout it, but it does not
mean that they fail to communicate with each other. This study analyzes the flouting
of the conversational maxims in Javanese short story entitled `Pacarku Ngandheg?.
The writer tries to find out the most frequently flouted maxim and the reasons behind
the flouting by two main characters in `Pacarku Ngandheg? to show that maxims are
important in conversation. In analyzing data, the writer uses descriptive approach to
describe the reasons of flouting the maxim and uses table to make an easier analysis
of the most frequent flouted maxim. After all of the analysis, she finds that the maxim
of relevance is the most frequently flouted in the story. The characters have some
reasons why they tend to flout some maxims, but she realizes that the flouting of
maxim does not bother and bring to an end of the conversation. It makes a variation
in the conversation, so the conversation will not be boring.