scholarly journals The Use of Idioms and Wordplay in The Big Bang Theory Sitcom

Tertium ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lendita Kryeziu
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Pop Culture ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Vast Number ◽  
Big Bang Theory ◽  
Public Speakers ◽  
The Big Bang

Language is a powerful communication tool. A skilful person uses words and manipulates them for different purposes; be that for persuading clients in buying different products or joining a congregation; soothing aggravated patients and consoling people who lost their loved ones. Language is used for teaching, informing, entertaining and making people laugh. Many public speakers, teachers, politicians and leaders use humour for breaking the ice and engaging the audience into listening. Moreover, nowadays a vast number of sitcoms are popular among different age groups based on the topics, genre and the audience’s field of interest. One such series which has caught the interest of a broader audience on Netflix is The Big Bang Theory. The usage of idioms, wordplays, puns, rhyming structures, pop culture language and scientific jargon, permeated with humour, are widely spread into the characters’ daily conversations through entire episodes. From the linguistic point of view, the corpus of The Big Bang Theory episodes will be thoroughly analysed for finding the relevance of using idioms, wordplays, puns and other structures in transmitting humorous messages to the audience.

Civilization and its nerds: Anti-intellectualism in The Big Bang Theory

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janelle Pötzsch
Keyword(s):  
Big Bang ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Verbal Behaviour ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Social ◽  
Big Bang Theory ◽  
The Big Bang ◽  
Tv Show ◽  
Shed Light

This article analyses whether and to what extent the popular TV show The Big Bang Theory conveys anti-intellectual ideas. The starting point of my enquiry is the verbal behaviour of the ‘main nerd’ of this series, Sheldon Cooper, who is noteworthy for his lack of empathy and propriety. I aim to shed light on the kind of inappropriate verbal behaviour Sheldon displays by analysing a speech pattern this character is particularly bad at ‐ ‘white lies’, that is lies made out of consideration for other people’s feelings. By drawing on Immanuel Kant’s thoughts on civility in his Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View (1798), I will detail the social implications of white lies and how Sheldon fails in employing them. Doing so will be helpful in establishing why Sheldon’s comments and behaviour appear as outlandish as they do. This in turn provides important insights into the way the televisual text of The Big Bang Theory relates with its audience and the social implications of this connection. I will conclude with the observation that the portrayal of Sheldon Cooper relies heavily on two kinds of stereotypes: anti-intellectual ones and those associated with the ‘nerd’ identity.

scholarly journals IMPLIKATUR: FUNGSI TINDAK TUTUR DALAM THE BIG BANG THEORY

Pujangga ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 224
Author(s):  
Nico Harared
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Speech Act ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Situation Comedy ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Big Bang Theory ◽  
The Big Bang

<p><em>The research basically aims at describing implicature utterances and implicature </em><em>strategy of the speech acts and its types of utterance used in the situation comedy series of The Big Bang Theory seen from the Pragmatics point of view</em><em>. </em><em>The data is analyzed and described qualitatively by examining the correlation of the implicature strategy of the speech acts and its types of utterance. The data of this research is the implicature utterances of the characters, particularly the ones that appear in each type of utterance (i.e.,declarative, interogative and imperative) and types of speech act (i.e. representative, expressive, directive, and commissive). The source of data is face-to-face conversations among characters who are Physicists and one friend work as waiter. The data is taken from the conversations in the 20 series of three seasons of the situation comedy series of The Big Bang Theory. Findings have shown that implicature utterances among characters by exemplifying declarative, interrogative and imperative. Implicature strategy of the speech acts and its types of utterancethat is subcategorized into several types of utterance of speech act, namely: representative, directive and expressive.</em></p>

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.

scholarly journals Luz, Câmera... Ciência: Abordando as Ciências e suas relações através do filme "Interestelar" e da série "The Big Bang Theory"

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vitor Martins Menezes ◽  
Aline Orvalho Pereira ◽  
Giuliana Coutinho Vitiello ◽  
Celi Rodrigues Chaves Dominguez
Keyword(s):  
Big Bang ◽  
Big Bang Theory ◽  
The Big Bang

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).

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