Previous Research Findings LITERATURE REVIEW AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
sitcom, usually it presents the real kinds of humor that exists in their society. The researcher employes Martin’s theory of forms of humor in his book The
Psychology of Humor . According to Martin 2007: 25, there are three forms
of humor that happen in people’s everyday conversation. The first is jokes that are prepackaged humorous anecdotes that people memorize and pass on to
one another. The second is spontaneous conversational humor that consists of eleven types, i.e irony, satire, sarcasm, overstatement and understatement,
self-depreciation, teasing, replies to rhetorical questions, clever replies to serious statement, double entendres, transformations of frozen expressions,
and puns. The last one is unintentional humor that consists of two types, i.e accidental physical humor and accidental linguistic humor.
Humor affects the communicative interaction of the speakers, or in other words it has social goals. The researcher employs
Attardo’s theory in his book Linguistic Theories Humor. Attardo 1994: 320-329 grouped the social
goals of humor on the communicative process into four classes; social management, decommitment, mediation, and defunctinalization. The diagram
of the formulation of the research is presented in Figure 1.
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Figure 1. Analytical Construct
Modern Family Season 4 Maxim of Quantity
Maxim of Quality Maxim of Relation
Maxim of Manner
Flouted Humor
Forms Functions
Jokes Spontaneous
Conversational Humor Unintentional
Humor Mediation
Defunctionalization Social
Management Decommitment
Cooperative Principles
a. Irony g. Replies to rhetorical question
b. Satire h. Clever replies to serious statement
c. Sarcasm i. Double entendres
d. Overstatement and Understatement j. Transformation of frozen expression
e. Self-deprecation k. Puns
f. Teasing
Pragmatics
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