Cultural Messages in Nawādir Juha Li Al-Athfāl's Short Story: An Implicature Analysis of a Children’s Literature Text

Abstract

There are utterances in the short story Nawādir Juha li al-Athfāl that contain implied meanings representing various situations. Therefore, this short story needs to be studied with an implicature perspective to describe the forms of implicature and its form to reveal the implied things represented. This study uses a qualitative design. Data are taken from the lingual features of the conversations between characters in the story Nawādir Juha li al-Athfāl by Syauqi Hasan. The data collection technique used involves careful reading and recording of the short story Nawādir Juha li al-Athfāl that contains indications of implicature. The data analysis technique is the matching method by referring to Paul Grice's implicature theory. The results of the study show that conventional and conversational forms of implicature are found that represent meanings that are relevant to the social and cultural values ​​of the general public. The functions of the implicature forms found include 7 assertive functions, 4 expressive functions of insinuation, 2 directive functions of command, and 1 directive function of requesting help, which tend to represent culture and tradition in the lives of the general public. The dominance of these functional findings strengthens the research implication that implicature can help reveal meanings that tend to have been stated, but are still implicit.