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TABLE OF CONTENT
PAGE OF TITTLE ... i
DECLARATION OF NON-PLAGIARISM ... ii
STATEMENT OF PUBLICATION ... iii
ADVISOR APPROVAL ...iv
PAGE OF APPROVAL ... v
MOTTO ...vi
DEDICATION ... vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ... viii
TABLE OF CONTENT ... x
LIST OF FIGURE ... xii
LIST OF TABLE ... xiii
LIST OF APPENDIX ... xiv
ABSTRACT ... xv
CHAPTER 1 ... 1
1.1 Background ... 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem ... 3
1.3 Objectives of the Study ... 4
1.4 Scope of the Study ... 4
1.5 Significant of the Study ... 4
1.6 Thesis organization ... 4
CHAPTER 2 ... 6
2.1 Previous Studies ... 6
2.2 Humor Theories ... 7
2.2.1 Incongruity Theories ... 7
2.2.2 Superiority Theories ... 8
2.3 Semantic Script Theory of Humor ... 9
2.3.1 Script ... 9
2.3.2 Overlapping ... 10
2.3.3 Oppositeness ... 11
2.3.4 The Doctor’s Wife Joke ... 12
2.4 General Theory of Verbal Humor ... 12
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2.4.2 Logical Mechanism (LM) ... 14
2.4.3 Situation (SI) ... 15
2.4.4 Target (TA)... 15
2.4.5 Narrative Strategy (NS) ... 16
2.4.6 Language (LA) ... 16
2.5 Gricean Maxim ... 17
2.5.1 Maxim of Quantity ... 17
2.5.2 Maxim of quality ... 18
2.5.3 Maxim of Relation ... 18
2.5.4 Maxim of Manner ... 19
2.6 Function of the Joke ... 19
CHAPTER 3 ... 21
3.1 RESEARCH METHOD ... 21
3.1.1 Research Design ... 21
3.1.2 Unit of Analysis ... 21
3.1.3 Source of the Data ... 21
3.1.4 Technique of Data Collection ... 22
3.1.5 Technique of Data Analysis ... 22
CHAPTER 4 ... 24
4.1 Prag atic “trategies i Louis C.K.’s Oh My God ... 26
4.1.1 Maxim of Quality Violation ... 26
4.1.2 Maxim of Quantity Violation ... 31
4.1.3 Maxim of Relevance ... 36
4.1.4 Maxim of Manner ... 44
4.2 Function of the joke ... 49
4.2.1 Louis C.K.’s Ow Life ... 49
4.2.2 Louis C.K.’s Thought to Other Thi g ... 51
CHAPTER 5 ... 54
5.1 Conclusion ... 54
5.2 Suggestion ... 55
BIBLIOGRAPY ... 56
