5 The writer wishes to analyze the Implicature or the violation of the cooperative principle which causes humor.
Moreover the writer chooses Implicature as the basic theory to test the humor because the writer wishes to reveal that meaning is not only determined by
lexical and structural features but also by other external language features such as speaker and hearer educational and social background, the relevance to the subject
matter, the situation of the conversation etc.
1.3 Statement of the Problem
In order to understand it more deeply and to focus on the study, the writer would like to state the problem in question form as the guidance for the writing
1 How is humor applied in nick Zagone’s play Ohio? 2 What forms of humor is reflected in Nick Zagone’s play Ohio?
3 What are the Implicature of the humorous expressions which being applied on the play?
1.4 Objectives of the Study
To give the readers the description about Ohio in correlation with Implicature of humor, there are three objectives which I want to achieve:
1 To describe how humor is applied in nick Zagone’s play Ohio, 2 To find out what forms of humor is reflected in Nick Zagone’s play Ohio,
3 To describe the Implicature of the humorous expression which being applied on the play.
1.5 Significance of the Study
The result of the study which the writer is going to conduct hopefully could be used as a reference for developing literature studies. Most of all, this
study is expected to present a clear description of humorous expression in the play and to enrich more knowledge or information on the field of humor comedy since
there are still few investigation has been done in this field. From this study, the reader can get an idea that humor can be used to convey message as well as
entertainment.
1.6 The Outline of the Report
This thesis is arranged into chapters and subchapters. Chapter one is the introduction which consist of the general background of the study, reason for
choosing the topic, statement of the problem, objective of the study, significance of the study, and outline of the report.
Chapter two contains the theoretical foundation, it discuses the definition of drama, form of drama, definition of humor, types of humor, form of humor,
definition of Implicature, types of Implicature, and it also covers the concept of this thesis.
In chapter three, the writer presents the method of investigation; they are the object of the study, types of data, technique of collecting data which covers
reading, identifying, and inventorying, and in the last part in method of investigation the writer presents technique of data analysis.
The fourth chapter consists of the main discussion of the study; they are the types of humor shown in the script such as humor of situation and humor of
word, the form of humor in the play such as Wit, Satire, Sarcasm, etc. The fourth chapters also reveal the Implicature which provoke laughter in the play that
closely related to humor. In chapter 5 last chapter the writer gives some conclusion and suggestion toward the subject matter. At the end of this report;
appendixes, Ohio play script, and references will be attached.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Drama
