Discourse markers of humor analysis in Trevor Noah’s stand-up comedy

Priyono, Eko Suci and Rofiq, Zainur (2021) Discourse markers of humor analysis in Trevor Noah’s stand-up comedy. Lingual: Journal of Language and Culture, 11 (1). pp. 1-6. ISSN e-ISSN: 2716-3091

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Abstract

Discourse markers have been widely studied in various discourses such as political discourse, legal, media discourse, and even daily conversation. However, there is still a lack of discourse markers research in humor studies. This study was projected to identify the linguistic aspects of humor genre utterances in stand-up comedy performed by Trevor Noah as one of the most influential stand-up comedians. In addition, those linguistic aspect is discourse markers. The data were taken from Trevor Noah’s Video entitledPrince Harry & Meghan Markle's Royal WeddingLive at the O2 London. Afterward, the data were analyzed by using the theoretical framework of discourse marker and its pragmatic functions introduced by Brinton (1996). This study reveals that there are several types of discourse markers used in stand-up comedy, such as ah, and, like, oh, alright, then, huh, well, yes/no, and I know/knew. In addition, all of those discourse markers have different functions, and sometimes one discourse marker serves more than one pragmatic functions.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Keywords:	discourse markers; pragmatic functions; humor; stand-up comedy
Subjects:	20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200403 Discourse and Pragmatics 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics > 200403 Discourse and Pragmatics > 20040399 Discourse and Pragmatics not elsewhere classified 20 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 2004 Linguistics
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities > Department of English Language and Letters
Depositing User:	Mr. Zainur Rofiq
Date Deposited:	27 May 2021 10:55

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