Introduction to Research Methodology (05) : Research Outline

§  Topic  : Conversational Implicature Done by Lectures in Classroom Activity.

§  Research Questions:

1.      What are the types of conversational implicature done by lecturers in classroom activity?

2.      Why do lecturers speak using conversational implicature in classroom activity?

§  The Purpose of Study

The study aims at investigating:

1.      The types of conversational implicature done by lecturers in classroom activity.

2.      The purposes of the lecturers do conversational implicature.

§  Theory

This study uses Grice theory (1965) that explains about the term of implicit meaning delivered by speaker sometimes cannot be understood well by the hearers. It occurs because there are hidden meaning behind the conversation between the speaker and hearers.  In this case, implicature is the study that focuses on this phenomena in doing communication. Then, implicature itself is divided into two types these are conventional and conversational implicature. Besides, this study will analyse about conversational implicature that often found in spoken and written language.

§  Previous Study

In previous study, there are several topics that analysed about the conversational implicature. All these studies are using implicature theory but using different area of subject such as:

1.      Conversational implicature on The Chew talk show.

2.      Generating conversational implicature strategies on the advertisements of Vogue Magazine.

3.      Conversational implicature used by stepmother character in Cinderella movie 2015.

4.      Properties of conversational implicatures on Iran nuclear deal interview 2015.

In this case, my study uses conversational implicature but the subject of study is using the conversation of lecturers in the classroom based on the activity. It will fill the gab among these previous studies because the area of subject is quite different.