STATEMENT

I certify that this research report entitled “The Socio-Pragmatics Analysis: The Case Study of

Muhadkly Acho’s Humors in Stand Up Comedy Performances” Submitted to the English

Education Department of FPBS UPI in partial fulfillment of the Requirements for Bachelor

Degree is my own work, except where the references are made in text, and it contains no

materials which has been submitted for the award of any other degree or diploma in any

university or institution.

Bandung, October 2012

Meizar Ahmad Assiry

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PREFACE

Praise to Allah SWT for giving times to live and many chances for researcher to finish this

research entitled, “The Socio-Pragmatics Analysis: The Case Study of Muhadkly Acho’s

Humors in Stand Up Comedy Performances”. The making of the research was dramatically

progressive. By the guidance of the supervisors for months, the research reached its best

shape the best it could be. All gratitude are also deserved to be delivered to many parties from

the administrative officers to all the supportive lecturers, friends, and family.

It is fully aware that the research is far from perfect. Thus, criticizes and suggestions are

highly expected for the sake of the greater research. Hopefully this research can be beneficial

to enrich a new kind of horizon for the readers and also for the researcher.

Bandung, October 2012

Researcher

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The most massive gratitude delivers to Allah The Mighty. Thanks for all, for all I

mean all indeed. Thanks to my Dad, my Mother for being supportive forever; and my brother

for providing a place in Bandung for me finishing the research. It is strongly condemned to

forget to say thank you to my supervisors, Mr. Alwasilah and Mr. Muniroh for supervising

this research superbly yet patiently. To 2008 batch or famously known as Eightish, thank you

for being a part of my life, it is very meaningfully special. The guys of #LimamuUnite, Fikri

Rasyid, Ryan Aditya Achadiyat, Yana Maliyana, Reni Nurul, Eugenia Ines, Asri Nurakhman,

Ulfah Ma’ruf, and all people who have vsited some sessions, thank you. Thanks to Windy

Arman to provide her place and helping myself to complete my research. May God bless you

all with the highest kindness. To the girls I love and have found happiness with the guys,

thanks a bunch for being some inspirations. My guitar, my iPod, my nature, and every

rhythmical beats, I love you.

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ABSTRACT

This research entitled “The Socio-Pragmatics Analysis: The Case Study of Muhadkly Acho’s Humors in Stand Up Comedy Performances” is aimed (1) to describe the general structures of his jokes; (2) to reveal the most common types of humorous interactions; (3) to describe the social functions of humor.

The data used in the study were four videos of Muhadkly Acho’s Stand Up Comedy performances that were downloaded from Youtube.com. The transcriptions of the videos were the subjects of analysis. The theories used were Alexander (2009) for answering the research problem of the general structure of the jokes; and Salvatore Attardo (1994) regarding with the research problems of the types of humorous interactions and the social functions of humor.

The result of this research indicates that (1) the general structure of the jokes consists of setup, punchline and tags. A joke is considered well-structured if at least it consists on setup and punchline, while the use of tags are optional. (2) Joke telling is the most used type of humorous interactions in Muhadkly Acho’s performances. Stand Up comedy is performed in informal and casual settings. Since joke telling is the simplest form of the type of humorous interactions, it is understandable that Muhadkly Acho uses it the most in his performances. (3) The social functions of humor that are found in the research are social management, mediation, defunctionalization, and the secondary function of humor. Humor is not only for entertainment needs, but also for conveying social norms.

Key terms: Stand Up comedy, Humor, Jokes.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

STATEMENT……………………………………………………………………………... i

PREFACE…………………………………………………………………………………. ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS………………………………………………………………...iii

ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………………………...iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS…………………………………………………………………...v

LIST OF TABLES………………………………………………………………………….viii

LIST OF APPENDICES……………………………………………………………………ix

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………… 1

1.1 Background of The Study………………………………………………………….. 1

1.2 Statements of The Problems……………………………………………………….. 5

1.3 Aim of the Study……………………………………………………………………5

1.4 Significance of the Study…………………………………………………………...5

1.5 Scope of the Study…………………………………………………………………. 6

1.6 Research Method………………………………………………………………...... 6

1.6.1 Data Collection…………………………………………………………….. 6

1.6.2 Data Analysis……………………………………………………………….7

1.7 Organization of the Study………………………………………………………….. 7

CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW……………………………………………….. 9

2.1 Socio-pragmatics…………………………………………………………………... 9

2.2 Humor in Context………………………………………………………………….. 10

2.2.1 General Structures of Stand Up Comedy Jokes…………………………… 10

2.2.2 Types of Humorous Interactions……………………………………………12

2.2.2.1 Joke Telling……………………………………………………….. 12

2.2.2.2 Conversational Jokes……………………………………………. 13

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2.2.2.3 Teasing……………………………………………………………. 14

2.2.2.4 Ritual Joking……………………………………………………… 14

2.2.3 The Social Functions of Humor…………………………………………. 15

2.2.3.1 The Primary Function……………………………………………… 15

2.2.3.1 Social Management………………………………………... 16

2.2.2.2 Decommitment…………………………………………….. 18

2.2.2.3 Mediation………………………………………………….. 20

2.2.2.4 Defunctionalization…………………………………………21

2.2.3.2 The Secondary Function of Humor…………………………………

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2.3 The Brief History of Stand Up Comedy…………………………………………… 23

2.3.1 History of Indonesian Stand Up Comedy…………………………………. 24

2.4 Previous Research…………………………………………………………………. 25

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD…………………………………………………27

3.1 Research Problems……………………………………………………………….. 27

3.2 Research Design…………………………………………………………………… 27

3.3 Data Collection……………………………………………………………………. 29

3.4 Data Analysis……………………………………………………………………… 30

3.5 The Clarification of Terms………………………………………………………… 33

CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS……………………………………….34

4.1 Findings and Discussions on General Structure of Stand Up Comedy Jokes… 34

4.2 Findings and Discussions on Types of Humorous Interactions………………... 42

4.3 Findings and Discussions on the Social Functions of Humor…………………. 44

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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS………………………………….51

5.1 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………… 51

5.2 Suggestions………………………………………………………………………… 53

REFERENCES…………………………………………………………………………….55

APPENDICES……………………………………………………………………………..58

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LIST OF TABLES

CHAPTER III:

Table. 3.1 The Selected Videos……………………………………………………………

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Table. 3.2 Example of The General Structure of Stand Up Comedy Jokes Analysis…30

Table. 3.3 Example of Types of Humorous Interactions Analysis…………………….. 32

Table. 3.4 Example of The Social Functions of Humor Analysis……………………… 32

CHAPTER IV:

Table. 4.1 The Distribution of The General Structure of Muhadkly Acho’s Jokes….. 36

Table 4.2 The General Structure of The Jokes…………………………………………. 37

Table. 4.3 The Distribution of Types of Humorous Interactions.................................... 42

Table. 4.4 The Distribution of Social Functions of Humor……………………………. 44

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LIST OF APPENDICES

APPENDIX 1: The General Structure of Stand Up Comedy Jokes…………………... 58

APPENDIX 2: Types of Humorous Interactions……………………………………….. 71

APPENDIX 3: The Social Functions of Humor…………………………………………79

APPENDIX 4: The Video Transcriptions….…………………………………………… 87

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