Electronic Theses and Dissertation
Universitas Syiah Kuala
PRAGMATIC PERSPECTIVES OF VERBAL HUMOR IN THE BIG BANG THEORY
FARRAH FAJRIANTI F
Abstract Keywords: Pragmatic, Illocutionary Acts, Maxim Flouting, Sitcom, Humor This study aimed at finding out the types of illocutionary acts which creates humor effect in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory episode The Thespian Catalyst (S04E14). A descriptively qualitative study with pragmatic approach was undertaken by observing the utterances spoken by all the characters in the sitcom. The results of the study showed that there were four types of illocutionary acts found in the sitcom…
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