Deception in Conversation: The Study of Prince Andew’s Inteview About Jeffrey Epstein Sexual Allegations

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  • Sofista Lilla Saferia Universitas Negeri Surabaya

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29407/jetar.v6i1.15791

Keywords:

implicature, maxim violation, deception, what is said, what is implied

Abstract

Implicature as one of the prominent element of the principles has been developed in latest
studies, mainly the objective as it could be utilitizes to deliberately deceive the listeners on
occasion. Previous researches has shown how speaker could deceive listener despite not
say something untrue or lie by categorizing lie is not something that is said but what is
implied in conversation. This study aims to investigate implied meaning and deceiving
statements in conversation. The object of this study is Prince Andrew’s BBC Newsnight
interview about his involvement with convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. The data used
document analysis based on the interview video of Prince Andrew’s interview with Emily
Maitlis. The result of this study indicates that Prince Andrew’s implied statements show
deeper relationship and more involvement with Jeffrey Epstein than what he was trying to
say in the interview.

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2021-05-30

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Sofista Lilla Saferia. (2021). Deception in Conversation: The Study of Prince Andew’s Inteview About Jeffrey Epstein Sexual Allegations. English Education:Journal of English Teaching and Research, 6(1), 53–65. https://doi.org/10.29407/jetar.v6i1.15791

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