VIOLATIONS OF LINGUISTIC POLITENESS IN THE 2024 CENTRAL JAVA GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION DABATE AND THEIR IMPLICATION FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING

Abstract

This research is motivated to examine violations of language politeness maxims, aiming to reveal and describe the forms of violations of language politeness maxims in the Central Java gubernatorial debate of 2024, as well as its implications in Indonesian language learning at senior high schools. The method used is descriptive qualitative with data collection techniques including listening, free listening involving speaking, and note-taking techniques. Data were obtained from the speeches of candidates in the gubernatorial debate broadcast through the official Central Java KPU platform on YouTube. Analysis shows there are 50 violations of maxims, consisting of 14 violations of the quantity maxim, 8 violations of the quality maxim, 22 violations of the relevance maxim, and 6 violations of the manner maxim. The type of violation that frequently occurs is the relevance maxim. These findings are integrated into the learning materials for debate in the 10th grade of senior high school as a means to develop courteous and argumentative communication skills.