Irony Analysis Linguistic Analysis of Verbal Humour Found in BBC Radio Drama

62 appeared on 00.17.47 within the object of the study. Table 4.18 presents the analysis. Table 4.18 Wit Analysis Number of Verbal Humour: 41 Minutes in Radio Drama: 00.17.47 Dialogue: Arthur : Why does the air on the top have to keep up the air at the bottom? Why dont they just… split up? Douglas : For the sake of the kids? KR SO Air vs. Marriage LM False Analogy SI Arthur is trying to learn how a plane flies. TA None NS Conversation LA Set-up Arthur : Why does the air on the top have to keep up the air at the bottom? Why dont they just … split up? Punch line Douglas : For the sake of the kids? In the wit presented in table 4.18, the SO contrasted air and marriage. It was to oppose clearly two different scripts. Using a false analogy as the Logical Mechanism LM, the wit wanted to provide fallacious comparison between two things, air and marriage, to meet the need of laughter. With the SO and LM that had been defined, the wit was built within a certain circumstance or situation SI, where Arthur was attempting to understand how a plane flies. With that situation, the target TA of the wit has an empty value. The wit then was written within a conversation as the NS. In the end, the exact wording of the wit was presented in the table 4.18 where the punch line was, again, positioned in the end of the wit. Based on the analysis discussion, it was concluded that the verbal humour found in BBC Radio Drama Cabin Pressure: Abu Dhabi was analysed PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 63 linguistically using General Theory of Verbal Humour proposed by Attardo 1994 by employing the six Knowledge Resources KRs. They are, presented in hierarchical order, Script Opposition SO, Logical Mechanism LM, Situation SI, Target TA, Narrative Strategy NS, and Language LA. Each of these Knowledge Resources was utilized to examine every element that constituted the verbal humour. The analysis was conducted by investigating every element that constitutes the verbal humour. It was done in hierarchical way, following the hierarchical order of the six Knowledge Resources KRs. It started by examining the verbal humour using the most complex parameters, the Script Opposition SO and the Logical Mechanism LM. Then, the analysis was continued by utilizing the next four KRs sequentially: The SI, TA, NS, and LA. It was done this way in order to closely examine the element of the humour from the core element first until the way the humour was presented. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI