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2. The Violation of Cooperative Principle
Geoffrey Leech in his book “The Principles of Pragmatics” argued that humor can be created from the violation of cooperative principle.
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In the dialog of Kung Fu Panda movie, the writer finds some violation of the cooperative
principle which can create the incongruity of humor and their implicature. The dialogues are identified below:
Table II The Violation of cooperative Principle that Create the Incongruity of
humor and their implicature
No. Data
Indication Incongruity of Humor
Implicat ure
Scene
1 Pos Dad : Oh, because
it was a stupid dream. Can you imagine, me
making tofu? Laughs at the thought No. We all
have our place in this world. Mine is here.
And yours is— Po
: I know. Is here.
Pos Dad : No, its at tables two, five, seven,
and twelve. {He loads Pos arms with bowls of
soup} Service with a smile
Maxim of quality.
X = here M
1
= in the restaurant
M
2
= at tables two,
five, seven, and twelve
X = M
1
X = M
2
M
1
= M
2
Po’s dad aims
to force Po
to stop
talking and serve
the villagers
exactly. 6 – 7
2. Po
: Come on Come on, ya—almost
there... {He
stops, flopping onto his back
to catch his breath. WIDEN TO REVEAL
hes only made it up Maxim of
quality X = Almost
there M
1
= Near by the Jade
Palace He
doesn’t believe
that he is only
makes seven
12-13
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Geoffrey Leech. Prinsip-prinsip Pragmatik. Jakarta: Penerbit Universitas Indonesia, 1993. p. 152.
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Oh No Two Pigs pass by
M
2
= Po only makes
seven steps X = M
1
X = M
2
M
1
= M
2
steps
3. Crane : Look, you dont
belong here. Po : {Po looks stung
to be hearing this from one of his heroes}I
know. I know. Youre right. I just - my whole
life Ive dreamed of- Crane : {Crane stops
Po
before he
embarrasses himself
even more} No no no... I
meant you
dont belong here. I mean, in
this room. This is my room.
Property of
Crane.{Po is mortified, but covers}
Maxim of manner
X = You don’t belong
here
M
1
= You don’t belong
to the Jade Palace
M
2
= You don’t belong
to the Crane’s
room
X = M
1
X = M
2
M
1
= M
2
Crane implies
that Po
has to get out from
his room because
he wants to sleep.
33-34
4. Po
: {Po makes a googly-eyed
face} Doieeeee...
Tigress : charging at Po Oh That is ill
Mantis :
{Mantis pops
up and
halts Tigress}
Wait My
fault I
accidentally tweaked
his facial
nerve. {Po falls face first
to the
floor, revealing his back is
covered with needles} And may have also
stopped his heart. Maxim of
manner X=“Doieeee
e...” with
googly-eyed face
M
1
= ill because
hearing Tigress’
mockery
M
2
= Ill
because acupuncture
Po implies to
stop the acupunct
ure because
he is hurt. 45-48
xxxiii X = M
1
X = M
2
M
1
= M
2
5. Po
: Normal
Ears. Its not working for you? I thought they
were pretty good. {Po looks at the stone-faced
Five. Tigress jumps to her feet}
Monkey : Its Shifu. Po : Of course
its Shifu. What do you think Im doing? {He
finally notices Shifu standing there, doing a
slow
burn. Embarrassed, he places
the soup bowls on his chest like a bra}
Po : Ooh Master
Shifu Maxim of
manner X = It’s
Shifu M
1
= Monkey
understands what Po
does
M
2
= Monkey
says it to tell Po
that Shifu
has entered the
room X = M
1
X = M
2
M
1
= M
2
Po warns Po that
Shifu has entered
the room and
Monkey orders Po
to stop imitating
Shifu 53-54
6. Shifu
: Look at you Po
: Yeah,
I know. I disgust you
Shifu : No no, I
mean... how did you get up there?
Maxim of manner
X = Look at you
M
1
= Po expectas
that Shifu utters it to
berate and humiliate
him
M
2
= Shifu utters it to
tell Po that he has done
a perfect spit
X = M
1
X = M
2
M
1
= M
2
Shifu implies
his amazeme
nt
for seeing
the perfect
split done by Po.
58-60
xxxiv 7.
Shifu : You did?
[Shifu smiles
and shakes his head in
disbelief] Wow. It is as Oogway foretold —You
are the Dragon Warrior. You have brought peace
to this Valley. And to me. Thank you. Thank
you, Po. Thank you. [Shifu closes his eyes.
He is still. Po starts freaking out]
Po
: No Master No No No Don’t die,
Shifu. Please... Shifu
: eyes
snapping open I’m not dying, you idiot—ah,
Dragon Warrior. I’m simply
at peace.
Finally. Maxim of
manner X = Thank
you Closing the
Eyes
M
1
= Shifu is dying
M
2
= Shifu feels in
peace X = M
1
X = M
2
M
1
= M
2
S hifu
implies his
statement and
action to express
his feeling of
peaceful after Po
defeated Tai Lung
and
he needs
a silent
situation to
feel peaceful.
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