A PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF CONVERSATIONAL IMPLICATURE OF HUMOR PRACTICES IN HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

Abstract

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the conversational implicature of humor practices in a movie entitled How to Train Your Dragon. The objectives of the research are (1) to identify the types of conversational implicature, (2) to identify the types of humor created by conversational implicature, and (3) to describe the functions of humor created by conversational implicature performed by the characters in the movie. This research applied a mixed method (descriptive qualitative method and quantitative method) to analyze the data. The primary instrument of this research is the researcher itself while t he data sheet as the secondary instrument. The data were in the form of utterances in the movie which were organized and analyzed based on Grice’s theory of conversational implicature, Martin’s theory of types of humor, and Ziv’s theory of functions of humor. The findings of this research are explained as follows. First, particularized  conversational  implicature  is  found  as  the  most  dominant  type  of  conversational implicature performed by the characters in the movie since most of the implied meanings needed background knowledge. Second, the most dominant type of humor performed by the characters is aggressive humor as it is intended to tell the characters’ feelings one another from being rivals into good friends.  Third,  the  most  frequently  used  function  of  humor  created  by  conversational  implicature performed by the characters was aggressive humor while the sexual function of humor is less significant ly occurred in the characters’ utterances in How to Train Your Dragon movie.

Keywords: pragmatics, conversational implicature, humor