39 the dialogues containing verbal humour appear in the radio drama. Meanwhile, the
rest six rows are responsible of showing the Knowledge Resources proposed by Attardo: SO Script Opposition, LM Logical Mechanism, SI Situation, TA
Target, NS Narrative Strategy, and LA Language. The researcher utilizes this table to analyse and interpret the verbal humour found within the radio drama.
E. Research Procedures
These are the procedures taken in this research: 1.
Listening to BBC Radio Drama Cabin Pressure: Abu Dhabi without reading the transcript.
The researcher listened to BBC Radio Drama Cabin Pressure: Abu Dhabi without reading the transcript. This step was done in order to feel the humorous
situation in the radio drama to the fullest. It was also taken to make the researcher familiar with the situation built on the radio drama as well as familiarize the
researcher‟s ears to the voice of the characters playing within the sitcom. 2.
Listening to BBC Radio Drama Cabin Pressure: Abu Dhabi with the transcript.
The researcher took the second chance of listening to the recordings of the BBC Radio Drama Cabin Pressure: Abu Dhabi. However, this time the researcher
listened to the recording while reading the transcript of the radio drama. This step was to help the researcher to really comprehend the script be ready to collect the
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Collecting the verbal humour found within the transcript. Using and comprehending the theory of verbal humour, the researcher
collected the verbally-expressed humour within the transcript of the first episode of series of BBC Radio Drama Cabin Pressure: Abu Dhabi. The researcher used
the whole transcript. The researcher highlighted the conversation containing any type of verbal humour to be analysed later.
4. Classifying the verbal humour found within the radio drama.
The verbal humour collected from the transcripts was classified using the categorization of verbal humour proposed by Shade 1996. The verbal humour
found within the transcript was classified into 12 categories based on their form. The categorization was to be presented in the form of table and chart.
5. Analysing the verbal humour found.
The verbal humour collected from the transcripts was to be analysed linguistically. The researcher employed the theory of verbal humour proposed by
Attardo 1994, General Theory of Verbal Humour with its knowledge resources KRs. In order to do this analysis, the researcher utilized table 3.2 which has been
presented. In addition, the analysis was done under supervision of some experts. Thus, those are the procedures taken in conducting this research. Each step
of this research procedure has its own benefit to this research. In addition, these procedures should be carried out carefully and in order to make sure the research
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