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LM Almost situation
TA Barney’s manner in saying identical twins
LA Obscure
The excerpt above illustrated a conversation between Marshall and Barney
NA. The humor appeared from Barney’s punchline. In the situation SI, Barney was cheering Marshall up after his failure of appealing a twin. The interesting point
of Barney’s utterance was his fashion in constructing the utterance. His utterance was not brief as he uttered some proxility within. Besides, the language used LA,
was allusive. In terms of CP, he flouted maxim of manner which as the seed of the script opposition. This script provided a knowledge to be interpreted logically LM
as humor within given situation. The language of Barney’s utterance led to an opposition of sense Attardo, Hempelmann and Maio, 2002. Besides, his utterance
was intriguing to the hearer. The manner of his utterance gave an almost situation as if it was an ejaculation process. Those knowledge resources, thus, were
contributable to create humor Morreal, 1987.
b. Violating
Violating maxim of manner appeared in Barney’s two opposing expression, described as follows:
EXCERPT S02E08MNVL5
SI There are the gang but Barney seems could not read the situation. He should’ve
not said that to Marshall while there is Lily next to him. NA
Conversation 1
Lily: We’re going to Atlantic City to Elope right now 2
Barney: Oh, congratulations, Lily. Marshall, you’re getting married? What the hell?
SO Violating maxim of manner
LM Ground reversal
TA Barney’s congratulation
LA Opposing expression
The excerpt above illustrated a conversation NA between Lily, Marshall
and Barney. The humor sprang up from Barney’s punchline in exchange to Lily’s
84 utterance. In the situation, Lily told the friends that she was going to elope with
Marshall. Everyone seemed so happy to hear the news. However, the happy responses did not come all the way in return. Barney’s contradicting response came
as surprise. In his utterance, he deliberately used two opposing utterances which separately aimed for Lily and Marshall. Consequently, he violated maxim of
manner. The violation brought out a script opposition SO to be interpreted as humor. The interpretation through the logical mechanism LM came across, what
Barney ought to say to both Lily and Marshall should not be different. In such manner, although he already addressed the specific hearers, Barney still appeared
to be incongruous since both Marshall and Lily could still hear all the utterances Morreal, 1987 and Audrieth, 1998. This given condition was fruitful to create
humorous effect.
c. Infringing
The drunkenness could affect speaker’s way of speaking. Consequently, it resulted to an obscure expression as appeared in the following excerpt:
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SI Lily, Ted and Robin were having breakfast at the restaurant. Robin was still
drunk when the waiter served the menu. NA
Conversation 1
Waiter: writing the order
2
Robin talking to the waiter: I’d take you with gravy. If my boyfriend wasn’t sitting right here. – Just kidding. I’m good.
3
Lily: What are you so chirpy about?
SO Infringing maxim of manner
LM Consequences
TA Robin’s drunkenness
LA Obscure
The above excerpt illustrated a conversation between Robin, Lily and the waitress NA. Humor sprang up from Robin’s jab lines. In the situation SI, Ted,
Robin and Lily were having breakfast in a restaurant. Last night, they drank alcohol
