Data Analysis Method of the Study

20 simile. As stated by Damon, a simile is an explicit figurative comparison: that is, it is a statement that one thing is like another. Thus it contains a comparative word such as, „like‟, „as‟, „similar‟ or „same‟. By saying “that was like watching someone club a baby seal”, Caroline compares Han with a baby seal since both of them have a mini size body. Besides, Caroline also implies that Max is a way too rude for such person like Han in the way of answering his question. Thus, utterance 1C is not a form of sarcasm. In situation B, the personal pronoun “you” in Max utterance 2B refers to Caroline since she is the one speaking with her. Max, however, does not use any metaphor or simile in her utterance 2B. Instead, what Max says is clearly straight yet it has the meaning beyond which makes the utterance sarcastic. By replying Caroline statement 2A with “Got it. Pretend I‟m you.”, Max is being sarcastic, which implies that Caroline used to talk about nothing. Also, Max says the sarcastic utterances to her best friend purposively. This makes the utterance in 2B sarcastic. Since sarcasm are said by purpose, in this chapter, there are six purposes of sarcasm based on Attardo‟s theory, namely group affiliation, sophistication, evaluation, politeness, persuasive aspect, and retractability. Each sarcastic utterance is identified by adapting the same method as above. The sarcastic utterances are uttered purposively by the speakers. The pragmatic features of the sarcastic utterances, then, are explored to identify the purposes. There are seventy sarcastic utterances appearing in the script of Two Broke Girls TV Series in PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 21 Episodes 1 from Season 1 to Season 5. However, there are several examples chosen as the sample to be analyzed in this chapter as seen below, Table 2. Analyzed Data : Sarcastic Utterances Based on Purposes Purposes of Sarcasm Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Total Group Affiliation 1 - 2 - - 3 Sophistication 3 3 3 2 1 12 Evaluation 4 1 2 - 1 8 Politeness 3 1 - 2 1 7 Persuasive Aspect - - - 2 2 4 Retract ability 1 1 - - - 2 Total 12 6 7 6 5 36

1. Sarcasm as a Group Affiliation

There are five utterances that contain sarcasm utterance serving the purpose as group affiliation. Some of the utterances are being chosen as the examples displayed as follow: Utterance 1: Would you find it distracting if someone did that to you while you were working? Oh, you dont have a job. Sorry. No, hipster. Don’t think were on the same team. We have nothing in common. I wear knit hats when its cold out. You wear knit hats cause of Coldplay. You have tattoos to piss off 22 your dad. My dad doesnt know hes my dad. Utterance 32: What, like puberty? Utterance 36: Nice? All you got is nice? This place was like Great Adventure for rats They were waiting in line to bite us. Nice? It used to smell like the place poop comes to die. Or death comes to poop. The situations in which the utterances are produced are necessary to be involved as the sarcastic utterances are related to their contexts. The following situation is the situation in which utterance 1 occurs. Situation 1 Customer 1 : Waitress? Snaps Dude? Snaps Max : Hi, what can I get ya? Customer 1 : We need some... Max : Snaps Is that annoying? Snaps Is that obnoxious and rude? Snaps Would you find it distracting if someone did that to you while you were working? Oh, you dont have a job. Sorry. Customer 2 : Damn, dude, she burned you. Max : No, hipster. Do not think were on the same team. We have nothing in common. I wear knit hats when its cold out. You wear knit hats cause of coldplay. You have tattoos to piss off your dad. My dad doesnt know hes my dad. As stated earlier, that sarcastic utterance is produced mostly with the intention of the speaker. In the situation 1 above, Max as the waitress feels disturbed by how the customer calls on her while she is serving the other customer. The customer is two teenager guys wearing knit hats, flannel shirts, and denim trousers make their appearance looks like a member of hipster group. What PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI