FLOATING OF MAXIMS IN PTV WORLD’S PROGRAM “DIALOGUE”: A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS

Abstract

Pragmatics plays an important role in analyzing the speech act. Grice's theory explains that how a listener can understand the expressed meanings from the implied meanings. A flout happens when a speaker is unable to follow the Grice’s maxims (Thomas 1997). This aim of the study is to identify the flouting of maxims from the conversations of speakers in the program of PTV World named, “Dialogue” (Shamil 2017). It is an observational study based on pragmatic analysis. So, descriptive qualitative methodology is used to understand the phenomenon of maxim flouting with deep observation. Grice's cooperative principle and his maxims are applied on the episode of PTV World’s program. The cooperative principle theory of Paul Grice deeply elaborates the human conversation (Hossain 2021). The program discussion will be listened carefully, the text was be analyzed through subtitles. The significance of the study is evident from the fact that it will help the audience in understanding the flouting of maxims in the spoken discussion of the program aired on the television. There is frequent flouting of maxims of quality and quantity in the discussion. There is uneven distribution of flouting of maxims between the anchor and the guests. The flouting of these two maxims are normal and they lack any detrimental effects. It is important to strictly follow the cooperative principle theory of Paul Grice for better utterances having clear meanings. There is excessive flouting of maxims due to explanation, excessive information and changing of the subject by the anchor and the guests.