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.