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CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

This chapter contains two sections: findings and discussion. In the first section, the researcher provides the tables of research findings from all data found about the maxim flouting, the forms of humor, and the functions of humor employed by the characters in Modern Family Season 4. Further explanation is presented in the discussion section which also provides some examples for each found phenomenon in the findings.

A. Findings

Humor creation in Modern Family Season 4 is based on the characters’ utterance. The sense of fun is found in some language phenomena that are created by the characters through their utterances. Particularly, in dealing with that language phenomenon as a part of humor creation, pragmatic approach is needed. It is because pragmatics provides the theory of Cooperative Principle, which is proposed by Grice. The researcher found that to create forms and functions of humor, the characters in Modern Family Season 4 employed all types of maxim flouting. The occurrence of maxim flouting to create forms and functions of humor is presented in Table 2. Table 2. Findings of Maxim Flouting, Forms and Functions of Humor in Modern Family Season 4 sitcom No. Types of Maxim Flouting Forms of Humor Functions of Humor Types Frequency Percentage Types Frequency Percentage 1. MQt Jo SCH St T RR TF 4 1 3 1 1 8 2 6 2 2 SM Me 7 3 14 6 10 20 10 20 2. MQl SCH I Sr OU 1 6 13 2 12 26 SM Dec Me 13 1 6 26 2 12 20 40 20 40 3. MR SCH St SD T CR 1 1 4 11 2 2 8 22 SM Dec 16 1 32 2 17 34 17 34 4. MM SCH CR P 1 2 2 4 Me De 1 2 2 4 3 6 3 6 TOTAL 50 100 50 100 Note: MQt MQl MR MM Jo SCH I St Sr OU : : : : : : : : : : Maxim of Quantity Maxim of Quality Maxim of Relation Maxim of Manner Jokes Spontaneous Conversation Humor Irony Satire Sarcasm Overstatement and understatement SD T RR CR TF P SM Dec Me De : : : : : : : : : : Self-deprecation Teasing Replies to rhetorical question Clever replies to serious statements Transformations of frozen expressions Puns Social Management Decommitment Mediation Defunctionalization