A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON THE USE OF THE MAXIM IN COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLE TO COMPREHEND NASREDDIN HODJA STORY

Abstract

Based on the data analysis and discussion, it can be seenthat to derive meaning of problematic sentence by using the Cooperative Principle through a story readers can follow several steps; a) Reading the whole text, b) Finding then literal meaning of the utterance, c) Fitting the content of the utterance with the real life context, d) Implementing the Cooperative principle, e) Comprehending the story. It can be concluded that by applying the procedure of comprehending Nasreddin Hodja story using the Cooperative principle the story can be comprehended in an easy way. Hence, the result of this discourse analysis research successfully answers the result problem to show how is the use of the Cooperative Principle to comprehend Nasreddin Hodja story. It is suggested for the English teacher to learn more about the Cooperative Principle because this principle could help him and his students to comprehend the story. Furthermore, the future researcher might be used the result of this research to develop or conduct another research as in Classroom Action Research or experimental research.