| dc.description.abstract | This study scrutinizes Indonesian Political Language from cooperative principle
perspective. The object of the study is Indonesian political language in words, phrase,
clause, sentence, or discourse taken from Indonesian newspapers. The data was
analyzed using Grice’s cooperative principle. The study shows that politicians exploit
the maxims of cooperative principles regularly. Politicians violate the maxim
of quantity to express strong commitment or hide information. Giving incorrect
information violates the maxim of quality to obey quantity maxim. They also violate
the maxim of relevance by saying things, which are not germane to the topic
under discussion. | en_US |
