CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter consists of two parts: findings and discussion. The first part presents the findings that the researcher obtains from the analysis based on the
characters’ utterances in Modern Family Season 1 which flout maxim and contain rhetorical devices. Besides, there are also descriptions or brief explanations of the
analysis. The findings are in the forms of table which contain numbers of the analyzed phenomena. Meanwhile, the second part presents the discussion on the
findings.
A. Research Findings
From the script of Episodes 1-3 of Modern Family Season 1, the researcher found some data of maxim flouting and rhetorical devices which create humor.
The sense of humor is found in some language phenomena created by the
characters through their utterances. Humor creation occurs when the characters
respond to another character in an incongruity way.
The findings consist of one section. The findings present the types and the employment of maxim flouting and rhetorical devices in creating humor. The
findings are presented in the form of table along with their number of occurrences.
Based on the analysis, the researcher found that all types of maxim are
flouted by using rhetorical devices to be humorous. The findings are presented in Table 3.
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Table 3. The Occurrence of Types of Maxim Flouting and Rhetorical Devices to Create Humor in
Modern Family Season 1
Maxim Flouting Rhetorical
Devices Frequency
Total
Quality Exaggeration 16
Sarcasm 7 Allusion 5
Irony 5 Ridicule 5
Definition 2 Satire 2
42
Manner Definition 7
Bombast 5 Insult 3
PunWordplay 2
17
Quantity Exaggeration 7
Bombast 5
12
Relation Facetiousness 4
Repartee 3
7 78
Based on the first objective, all of maxim are flouted for humorous purposes. Flouting of quality maxim becomes the most prominent flouting used
by the characters to create humor with the occurrences 42 times out of 78. On the second rank, humor creation is used by flouting manner maxim with the
appearance 17 times out of 78. The third rank is flouting of quantity maxim with the emergence 12 times out of 78. The least prominent maxim flouting used by the
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