Indonesian Journal of English Language Studies (IJELS)
Vol 2, No 2 (2016): September 2016

Humor in School Jokes: A Pragmatic Study

Soedjarmo, Gabriella Novianty (Unknown)
Pangestu, Prabarini Dwi (Unknown)
Wartinah, Ni Nyoman (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
12 Dec 2016

Abstract

In our lives, there are many instances where we encounter jokes. The media; printed, online, or broadcasted, presents jokes in many ways. Some television programs have their own form of humour such as through talk shows or other kinds of performances. In printed media, we can read humour through comic. Online media also provides certain sites to deliver jokes. We are familiar with 9gag or other sites which post funny pictures or memes. This paper is going to analyse how the jokes in online media is presented using a pragmatic point of view. The researchers took the data from the website and chose the joke about school life and analysed the 30 school jokes using the reference and maxim theory. The result of this study shows that in order to create a school joke, the joke maker violates the reference and maxim.  Keywords: school joke, reference, maxim

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Journal Info

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IJELS

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

The Indonesian Journal of English Language Studies (IJELS, online and print versions, is a journal dedicated to contribute to the improvement of English Language Studies in Indonesia. It is intended to contribute to human progress and development by way of English Linguistics, Literature, Education ...