LANGUAGE POWER: VIOLATING THE MAXIM OF QUALITY TO ACHIEVE GOOD COMMUNICATION AND TO KEEP CREDIBILITY
Education and Human Development Journal
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LANGUAGE POWER: VIOLATING THE MAXIM OF QUALITY TO ACHIEVE GOOD COMMUNICATION AND TO KEEP CREDIBILITY
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Yusuf, Adi
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language power, enormous influence, violating the maxim of ‘quality’, good communication, credibility
kekuatan bahasa, pengaruh yang luar biasa, melanggar ‘the maxim of quality’, komunikasi yang baik, kredibilitas |
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One of various aspects to a series of activities on successful business is really influenced by theappropriate use of language. Public Relations (PR) people, in order to make good communication withtheir business partners, indeed need to have good understanding on language uses so that the businessactivities are successful. One of the language uses can be identified through the principle ofcommunication, called “maxims”. The purpose of this paper is to describe the use of language andcontexts which lead us to violate the maxim of quality. This research used a descriptive qualitativemethod. It was found that language may be used as a means to achieve enormous influence in a series ofmarketing campaign. In addition, in line with the use of ‘the maxim of quality’, low power publicrelations in a certain situation need to violate it in order to achieve good communication and to makebusiness activities successful at last. Furthermore, “a white lie” or “no comment” may become analternative way to make the hearer pleased and to save one’s credibility.
Penggunaan bahasa yang tepat merupakan salah satu aspek yang dapat mempengaruhisuksesnya serangkaian kegiatan dalam bisnis. Para staff bagian personalia perlu memiliki pemahamanyang baik tentang penggunaan bahasa untuk menciptakan sebuah komunikasi yang baik dengan rekanbisnis supaya kegiatan bisnis tersebut berjalan dengan lancar. Salah satu penggunaan bahasa dapatdiketahui melalui prinsip komunikasi yang disebut “maxims”. Artikel ini bertujuan untukmendeskripsikan penggunaan bahasa dan konteks kapan seharusnya menggunakan atau melanggar maximof quality. Metode penelitian ini ialah deskriptif kualitatif. Dari hasil penelitian ditemukan bahwa bahasadapat digunakan sebagai alat untuk memperoleh pengaruh yang luar biasa dalam serangkaian kampanyepemasaran. Di samping itu, berkenaan dengan penggunaan maxim ‘quality’, humas dengan posisi lebihrendah, pada situasi tertentu, perlu melanggar maxim tersebut agar tercipta komunikasi yang baik danakhirnya kegiatan bisnis berhasil. Selanjutnya, “a white lie” atau “no comment” bisa menjadi salah satucara untuk membuat pendengar senang dan menjaga kredibilitas |
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Universitas Nahdatul Ulama Surabaya
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2020-04-29
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article |
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application/pdf
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https://journal2.unusa.ac.id/index.php/EHDJ/article/view/1448
10.33086/ehdj.v5i1.1448 |
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Education and Human Development Journal; Vol. 5 No. 1 (2020): Educatioan and Human Development Journal; 65-72
JURNAL PENDIDIKAN DAN PENGEMBANGAN MANUSIA; Vol 5 No 1 (2020): Educatioan and Human Development Journal; 65-72 2599-0292 2541-0156 10.33086/ehdj.v5i1 |
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eng
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https://journal2.unusa.ac.id/index.php/EHDJ/article/view/1448/1069
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Rights |
Copyright (c) 2020 Adi Yusuf
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 |
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