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4 Maxim of manner
Herbert Paul Grice argued in his book “Logic and Conversation” which quoted by Geoffrey Leech says “Maxim of manner is relating not to what is said
but rather to how what is said is to be said .”
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In datum 5, Monkey says, “Its Shifu” and Po misunderstands with Monkey’s statement by saying “Of course its
Shifu. What do you think Im doing?”. Monkey doesn’t send his idea clearly when
Shifu comes. Then it creates an ambiguity for Po. In sum, this maxim has been violated by Monkey.
Thus, the writer gets the violation of maxim of manner in the dialog in datum 5.
c. Humor
Looking at the stone-faced Five, Po thinks that his action is not working. Then, when Monkey said “It’s Shifu”, it evokes an ambiguity. Po expects that
Monkey says it because he has been understood what Po does that he imitates Shifu. In fact, Monkey says it to tell Po that Shifu has entered the room and stands
behind him. Po surprises when he realizes that Shifu has entered the room. This surprising thing is the punch line. The conflict between Po’s expectation and the
happened situation is amusing. It is formulated below:
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Geoffrey Leech. 1993, op. cit. 155
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1
= M
2
Monkey understands = = Monkey tells Po that Shifu what Po does has entered the room
X It’s Shifu
The humor in the Sentence “It’s Shifu” is identified as X because it creates an ambiguity for Po. Po’s expects that Monkey understands what he does is
identified as M
1
and the real situation that Monkey says it to tell Po that Sjifu has entered the room is identified as M
2
.
d. Implicature
In this case, the implicature is seen from Monkey’s statement saying “Its shifu
”. It is a warning used to tell Po that Shifu has entered the room and Monkey
orders Po to stop imitating Shifu but Po fails to understand the implicature. 6.
Datum 6
Po : Mouth full Dont tell Monkey. {He glances back down at Shifu,
whose disbelief turns to a wise smile} Shifu
: Look at you Po
: Yeah, I know. I disgust you Shifu
: No no, I mean... how did you get up there? Po
: I dont know. I guess I-- I dont know. I was getting a cookie...[He looks at the cookie and then cant help but eat it}
Shifu : And yet you are ten feet off the ground and have done a perfect
split. Po
: No, this... this is just an accident. [He and Po stare at each other for a beat. Then... WHOOMP Po
slips and crashes to the kitchen floor. A cookie rolls over to Shifu. He picks it up}
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a. Context
The contextual factors which are supported the analysis in datum 6 can be identified in the following:
1 Character
: Po and Shifu.
2 Setting
: In the kitchen of Bunkhouse, in the morning. 3
Context of situation : Shifu looks inside the training hall. It’s empty. He
hears The noises from the bunkhouse. He turns the corner in the bunkhouse. He sees Pos shadow as he performs some amazing Kung Fu.
Entering the kitchen, He finds Po is stuffing his face with food. Seeing Shifu, he stops mid-munch. Shifu surveys the room. He finds the broken
lock, smashed doors, unhinged cabinets. Po belches. Seeing master Shifu amazes, Po tells him that he eats when he is upset. Master Shifu gets the
idea and he tells Po that monkey hides his almond cookies on the top shelf. Shifu calmly exits and hides just outside the doorway, waiting to see if his
hunch is correct. He hears some noises. He peeks back inside and finds Po perched atop the high shelves jamming more cookies into his mouth. Po
notices Shifu walking back in.
b. The Cooperative Principle
