This research aims to explore the social semiotic by using poetic function related to Halliday‘s theory of the poetry by Mahmoud Darwish ―A State of Siege‖. The data were analyzed using a qualitative descriptive method. The instrument of this research was the researcher himself to get the data. The findings show that ― State of Siege‖ by Mahmoud Darwish by took some piece are inc…
This research discusses conservational implicature and aims to find out floating and violating the maxims expressed in "The Ellen Show" and "The Tonight Show" talk show. The research is based on the theories of maxims by Grice (1975).