Releasing emotion in violation of maxim of Relation
                                                                                The situation of the data above is the same situation with the data number
03VioQuanRls.  While  that  data  highlights  the  violation  of  maxim  of  quantity
done  by  Marshall,  this  one  highlights  the  flouting  of  maxim  of  manner  done  by Marshall.    When  Ted  asks  Marshall  whether  or  not  he  is  hungry,  Marshall
responds  him  without  showing  any  intention  to  get  up  from  the  sofa  by  saying,
“Whats the point? I could eat some food, its just gonna leave me.” Marshall‟s
answer to Ted has deeper meaning than what he has uttered. He does not say that because  he  thinks  that  the  food  is  going  to  leave  him,  literally.  He‟s  response
about the food is the implication about Lily and how Lily dumps him to chase her dream in San Francisco. Marshall hopes that Ted will understand the implicature
beyond  his  expression.  Since  his  statement  shows  ambiguity,  Marshall  is  said  to flout the maxim of manner.
In the situation above, laughter arouses at the moment Marshall flouts the maxim of manner, wh
ich is the time when he murmurs, “Whats the point? I could eat  some  food,  its  just  gonna  leave  me.
”  In  order  to  see  how  the  laughter arouses,  release  theory  of  humor  is  applied  in  analyzing  the  data.  As  explained
previously, release theory of humor sees laughter as the surplus energy dispelled from ones‟ mind. The surplus energy is the energy that may come from particular
emotions,  such  as,  anger,  happiness,  love,  hatred,  or  any  other  emotion.  By bursting out laughter, someone feels liberated from particular repressed feeling. In
Marshall‟s case above, his statement in bold appears as the representation of his feelings  towards  Lily.  The  feelings  are  the  combination  between  hatred,  anger,
and  also  love,  since  he  is  still  in  love  with  Lily  regardless  what  she  has  done  to
him. Marshall represses his emotion in his mind. When Marshall is in a fight with Lily, his repressed feelings are triggered and he dispels it to Lily. Apparently, the
moment  Marshall  dispels  his  feelings  during  the  fight  is  the  moment  which triggers laughter to occur.
                                            
                