Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to find out the maxims contained in Yuni's film as an
object of research, namely to find out the maxims contained in Yuni's film, to find out
the dominant maxims in Yuni's movie and to analyze why the dominant maxims are
found. in Yuni's movie The research method used in this research was descriptive
research using qualitative methods. This study used descriptive research, to find out
the maxims contained in Yuni's film, the dominant maxims in Yuni's movie and then
to analyze why these maxims were dominantly found in Yuni's movie. The results of
the analysis and the data obtained showed that the use of the politeness principle
contained in the speeches between Yuni's film characters totals 12 utterances. Speeches
that fulfill the principle of politeness were divided into 1 utterance according to the
maxim of wisdom, 2 utterances according to the generosity maxim, 2 utterances
according to the maxim of praise, 2 utterances according to the humility maxim, 4
utterances of obedience to the agreement maxim, and 1 utterance of obedience to the
sympathy maxim . From the results of this study it could be concluded that the
dominant maxim in Yuni's movie was the maxim of agreement. Because according to
the researcher the maxim of agreement was closely related to Yuni's movie because
there were many scenes that must be accepted or agreed upon in Yuni's movie. So the
researcher concludes that the maxim of agreement was the dominant maxim applied in
Yuni's movie.
