GRICE’S COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLE IN CONVERSATION OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD): A CASE STUDY
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- This present study examines the observance and non-observance of maxims and investigates the possible reasons underlying the non-observance of maxims by children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The study is a case study employing a descriptive qualitative method which is conducted in schools for special needs in Bandung. The data are in the form of texts obtained from recorded conversations. Using theory of Grice’s Cooperative Principle, the study reveals that both nine years old children mostly observe all four maxims. However, there are also a small number of non-observance of maxims, with flouting, infringing, violating, and opting out as the types of non-observance that are committed. The study also shows that there are several possible reasons behind the non-observance of maxim, such as impairment in speaking performance, imperfect command of language, and several other reasons. The findings indicate that children with ASD in this context generally manage to create successful communication with their interlocutors. They have no difficulties in observing the four maxims in their daily conversations. Nevertheless, despite all of the observance of maxims, there are also very rare cases of breaking maxims in which they sometimes make attempts to evoke jokes, avoid uncomfortable situations, and generate other meanings as people usually do. In addition, the findings also indicate that there are cases when they fail to produce true and brief utterances due to the characteristics of their language skills.