THE ANALYSIS OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACT AND HUMOR TECHNIQUE BY MAK BETI IN ARIF MUHAMMAD YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Puspa Pratiwi Ariadini, - (2020) THE ANALYSIS OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACT AND HUMOR TECHNIQUE BY MAK BETI IN ARIF MUHAMMAD YOUTUBE CHANNEL. THE ANALYSIS OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACT AND HUMOR TECHNIQUE BY MAK BETI IN ARIF MUHAMMAD YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

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Abstract

The purposes of this study are to investigate the types of illocutionary act in Mak Beti’s utterances and to discover the techniques of humor used by Mak Beti in Arif Muhammad YouTube channel. The recent study used the types of illocutionary act framework proposed by Austin (1962) and the rhetorical techniques of humor proposed by Berger (1995) by applying qualitative research since it examined the utterance of Mak Beti in the videos. The data of this study are the five most watched videos in Arif Muhammad YouTube channel. The findings of this study showed that Mak Beti uses three types of illocutionary acts, which are representative act with 44 occurrences (73.3%), followed by directive act with 11 occurrences (18.3%), and commissive act with five occurrences (8.3%). This study also revealed that Mak Beti uses five types of rhetorical techniques of humor in the videos. The techniques are sarcasm with 12 occurrences (38.71%), followed by insult which occurred nine times (29.03%), then repartee occurred five times (16.13%), exaggeration with four occurrences (12.9%), and the least technique was literalness with once occurrences (3.23%). Representative acts are of the highest occurrence in the video which indicates that Mak Beti frequently states or describes something. In this case, Mak Beti conveys her belief that everything she said is true and makes the audience also believe in it. Mak Beti also used sarcasm in most of her utterances to provoke humor due to her characteristics, which are tough and temperamental.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
Divisions:	Fakultas Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra > Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris > Program Studi Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris (nonpendidikan)
Depositing User:	Puspa Pratiwi Ariadini
Date Deposited:	05 Feb 2020 01:28
Last Modified:	05 Feb 2020 02:01
URI:	http://repository.upi.edu/id/eprint/45963

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