scholarly journals PRAGMATIC PERSPECTIVES OF VERBAL HUMOR IN AN AMERICAN SITCOM

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-55
Author(s):  
Siti Sarah Fitriani ◽  
Chairina Nasir ◽  
Farrah Fajrianti Fonna
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
Illocutionary Acts ◽  
Illocutionary Act ◽  
Big Bang Theory ◽  
The Big Bang ◽  
The Way ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative ◽  
Cooperative Principles

Purpose of the study: This study aimed at finding out the types of illocutionary acts which create humor effect in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory Episode The Thespian Catalyst (S04E14). Methodology: A descriptive qualitative study with the pragmatic approach of illocutionary acts suggested by Searle (1975) was undertaken by observing the utterances spoken by all the characters in the sitcom. Main findings: The results of the study showed that there were four types of illocutionary acts found in the sitcom; assertive, directive, commissive, and expressive. Those illocutionary acts also flouted the maxim of Cooperative Principles, i.e. quality and relevance. In conclusion, it can be known that the humor that occurred in the sitcom is the result of the way the characters conveyed illocutionary acts that also have flouted the maxim as in the Cooperative Principles. Applications of this study: This study is expected to be a reference for other studies in the field of pragmatics particularly in illocutionary acts. Novelty/Originality of this study:This current study, however, would discuss The Big Bang Theory sitcom by using the Illocutionary Act framework proposed by Searle (1975).

scholarly journals SARCASM: MOCK POLITENESS IN THE BIG BANG THEORY

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 186
Author(s):  
Nico Harared ◽  
Siti Nurani
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
Illocutionary Acts ◽  
Big Bang Theory ◽  
Pragmatic Aspects ◽  
The Big Bang ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Sarcasm has become an uncommon way to treat other’s faces in communication. However, the study of sarcasm has not yet been investigated thoroughly in the case of such daily illocutionary acts of the conversations. One of the sarcasm phenomena is mostly seen in the comedy situation of The Big Bang Theory. This research aims at analyzing mock politeness or sarcasm in the utterances of each character. The analysis focuses on describing the use of mock politeness in pragmatics context. The data was obtained from informal speech acts’ situations. The research carries out the descriptive qualitative method. The data was analyzed by using politeness strategy in examining the functions of mock politeness. The results show that sarcasm caused by the violation of pragmatic aspects in The Big Bang Theory releases in several types of utterances, they are: declarative, representative, and expressive. The function of sarcasm in this comedy situation mostly to create humors which are divided into several functions such as humor as a means of social critics, humor to satirize, and humor to mock.

scholarly journals Direct and Indirect Directive Illocutionary Acts in the Movie “Penguin of Madagascar”

HUMANIS ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Gusti Alit Mahendra ◽  
I Gusti Ayu Gede Sosiowati ◽  
Ni Ketut Alit Ida Setianingsih
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Illocutionary Acts ◽  
Illocutionary Act ◽  
The Social ◽  
Context Of Situation ◽  
The Way ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

The study entitled “Direct and Indirect Directive Illocutionary Acts in the Movie Penguin of Madagascar” is aimed at identifying the direct and indirect directive types of illocutionary acts and explaining and analyzing the meaning of the utterances interpreted by the listeners. The data of this study were taken from the movie entitled Penguins of Madagascar, and it was chosen because of many utterances identified as directive of illocutionary acts. The observation and documentation methods were used in collecting the data since the data were obtained from the spoken source in the movie. The data were analyzed using the descriptive qualitative method since the purpose of this study is to analyze the social phenomena like speech acts. The first theory proposef by Bach and Harnish (1979: 47) is used to analyze the type of directive of illocutionary acts. The second theory, the context of situation proposed by Dell Hymes (1972, is used to analyze the meaning of directive of illocutionary acts that can be interpreted by the listeners. There are six types of directive of illocutionary act proposed by Bach and Harnish (1979). They are requestives, questions, requirements, permissives, prohibitives and advisories. In this study, several types of directive illocutionary were found in the movie, except the indirect question, and direct prohibitive. The way the listeners interpret the meaning depends on the context of situation.

scholarly journals THE WORDPLAY OF ‘THE BIG BANG THEORY’ MOVIE SUBTITLE

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang Ayu Isnu Maharani
Keyword(s):  
Big Bang ◽  
Note Taking ◽  
Lexical Development ◽  
Literal Translation ◽  
Phonological Structure ◽  
Big Bang Theory ◽  
The Big Bang ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

This study aims to describe the type of wordplay in the subtitle of the movie entitled ‘TheBig Bang Theory’ and also to describe the technique applied in translating the wordplay.This study is a descriptive qualitative and library study. The data was collected throughobservation and note taking techniques. The framework of this study is Delabatista (1993)concerning with types of wordplay translation and Humanika (2012) about the techniques totranslate the wordplay.This study found that there are three types of wordplay; they are the phonological structure(homonymy and homophony), the lexical development (idiom) and the syntactic structure.The techniques of translating wordplay found consist of literal translation, loan translation,situational translation and no translation.

scholarly journals An analysis of illocutionary acts in a fantasy movie

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 170-180
Author(s):  
Siti Sarah Fitriani ◽  
Diana Achmad ◽  
Fitria Rasmita
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Harry Potter ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Illocutionary Acts ◽  
Illocutionary Act ◽  
The World ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

This study aims to find out the types and the most dominant illocutionary acts used by the main character in a fantasy movie, ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secret’. A descriptive qualitative study was done by observing the utterances spoken by the main character in the movie. The spoken utterances were then analysed based on the types of illocutionary acts, namely: representative, directive, commissive, expressive and declarative.  The results of the study showed that out of the five, only four types of illocutionary acts were found in the movie, they are representative, directive, expressive, and commissive. The most frequently illocutionary act used is directive (47.64%), while the least frequently used is commissive (4.19%). The directive forces used by the main character are varied. Directives are used get the hearers to do something, where in the movie, he often used asking and ordering. Meanwhile, declarative is not employed by the main character since performing declarative act needs authorities and status; this act is used to change the world through utterances. But the main character in this movie do not have any certain status or authority in any position at the magic school he attended, he is a student, still new with the magic world and do not have much power. This is why declarative was not found in the utterances of the main character.

Salvation in Counselling and Comedy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive Marsh
Keyword(s):  
Positive Psychology ◽  
Positive Mood ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
Main Thrust ◽  
Big Bang Theory ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Big Bang ◽  
The Way

This chapter scrutinizes the many ways in which positive psychology contributes to therapeutic understandings of salvation. Building on attention to the way in which the work of Martin Seligman has influenced approaches to happiness and forms of counselling, the chapter examines two Christian examples (one Protestant—Joel Osteen, one Roman Catholic—Christopher Kaczor) of positive psychology’s influence on Christian practice and critically explores the appropriateness of such use. It then explores a second example of positive mood through examining how television comedy is received and used as a contribution to fostering well-being. Using The Big Bang Theory, the chapter notes how religion appears as a marginal but meaningful element within the series, and examines the significance of the main thrust of the series in both its content and reception.

scholarly journals ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS UTTERED BY THE MAIN CHARACTER IN FEAR OF RAIN MOVIE: PRAGMATIC APPROACH

JURNAL BASIS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 153
Author(s):  
Erni Hastuti ◽  
Hani Amalia Utami ◽  
Teddy Oswari
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
Illocutionary Acts ◽  
Illocutionary Act ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Speech acts are pragmatic elements that involve speaker and hearers in every conversation in which it has an illocutionary act. The purpose of the research was to find out the types and functions of illocutionary acts. This research used descriptive qualitative method. The data analyzed used the theory of Searle. The source of data is utterance of the main character in Fear of Rain movie. In this research, there are 355 data which contain types of illocutionary acts, such as assertive with 189 data (53%) which consist of 7 functions (stating, informing, asserting, complaining, predicting, convincing, agreeing). Directives with 117 data (33%) consisted of 7 functions (asking, commanding, requesting, advising, warning, suggesting, inviting). Commissive with 19 data (5%) which consist of 3 functions (promising, refusing, and offering). Expressive with 30 data (9%) consisted of 6 functions (thanking, apologizing, praising, greeting, blaming, and expressing anger). The most frequently type of illocutionary act is assertive because the utterance of the main character is believed to be true based on the fact

A swift and simple refutation of the Kalam cosmological argument?

1999 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
WILLIAM LANE CRAIG
Keyword(s):  
Big Bang ◽  
Cosmological Argument ◽  
Convincing Argument ◽  
Realist Position ◽  
Big Bang Theory ◽  
Simple Demonstration ◽  
Kalam Cosmological Argument ◽  
John Taylor ◽  
The Big Bang ◽  
The Universe

John Taylor complains that the Kalam cosmological argument gives the appearance of being a swift and simple demonstration of the existence of a Creator of the universe, whereas in fact a convincing argument involving the premiss that the universe began to exist is very difficult to achieve. But Taylor's proffered defeaters of the premisses of the philosophical arguments for the beginning of the universe are themselves typically undercut due to Taylor's inadvertence to alternatives open to the defender of the Kalam arguments. With respect to empirical confirmation of the universe's beginning Taylor is forced into an anti-realist position on the Big Bang theory, but without sufficient warrant for singling out the theory as non-realistic. Therefore, despite the virtue of simplicity of form, the Kalam cosmological argument has not been defeated by Taylor's all too swift refutation.

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