Data Collecting Techniques Data Analysis

F. Trustworthiness

In order to test the validity of the research data, the researcher used triangulation. Triangulation is employing something outside the data to verify the data themselves or to compare them Moleong, 2011: 330. Vanderstoep and Johnston 2009: 179 also state that the reliability of data can be gained by using triangulation. According to Denzin in Moleong, 2011: 330 there are four types of triangulation: by using other sources, methods, researchers and theories. In this research, the researcher used triangulation by using theories and other researchers. The researcher used theory of maxim flouting by Grice 1975, forms of humor by Martin and functions of humor by Attardo. Furthermore, the researcher consulted her research routinely with lecturers who are experts in this field. They were the researcher‟s thesis supervisors. Moreover, the researcher also conducted triangulation of data with some students of the same of study program who are keen on the field. 43

CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

This chapter contains two sections: findings and discussion. In the first section, the researcher provides the findings in the form of a table which contains numbers about the maxim flouting, the forms of humor and the functions of humor employed by Aladeen in The Dictator movie. Besides, there are also descriptions or brief explanations about the findings. Meanwhile, the second part or discussion section presents further explanation, which also provides some examples for each phenomenon in the findings.

A. Findings

This section presents the types of maxim flouting, forms of humor that are created by maxim flouting and functions of humor that are created by maxim flouting in the form of a table along with their number of occurrences. From the transcript of The Dictator movie, the researcher found that Aladeen, one of the main characters in The Dictator movie, creates humor through his utterances which break Grice theory of Cooperative Principle by flouting the maxim. The researcher found that to create forms and functions of humor, Aladeen employed all types of maxim flouting. The occurrence of maxim flouting to create forms and functions of humor is presented in Table 2.