A Linguistic Analysis of Verbal Humor Found in the Transcription of Animated TV Series Gravity Falls

Silvia Nurfajri Aprilla Wananda

doi:10.29408/veles.v5i2.3976

Abstract

Humour is one of the channels used in communication to express a concept or an idea. It can also be used to entertain people, such as in a TV show. This research focuses on the investigation of verbal perceptions of humour found in the transcription of the animated TV series Gravity Falls. Its purpose is to figure out what kinds of verbal humour can be found in the transcription of the animated television series Gravity Falls, as well as how the verbal humour in its transcription linguistically examined using the General Theory of Verbal Humour (GTVH). This study examined an episode of “Gravity Falls season 2: Not What He Seems” using a descriptive qualitative technique. The investigation discovered 29 linguistic humours in the research object, which were classified into 9 of the 12 types. The six Knowledge Resources in the General Theory of Verbal Humour (GTVH) are used to analyze the verbal humours previously discovered linguistically: Script Opposition (SO), Logical Mechanism (LM), Situation (SI), Target (TA), Narrative Strategy (NS), and Language (LA). To analyze the verbal humour, the analysis is done in a hierarchical order of the KRs.

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Humans communicate with one another for a variety of reasons. Raskin (1985)distinguishes between two types of communication: genuine communication and nonauthentic communication, which does not involve the exchange of information and is characterized by humour
It focused on how the General Theory of Verbal Humour was applied to the analysis of verbal humours found in the transcription of the animated TV show Gravity Falls
The script opposition is shown in the table below. primarily addressed how the General Theory of Verbal Humour was used to analyse verbal humours discovered in the transcription of the animated TV series Gravity Falls

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Humans communicate with one another for a variety of reasons. Raskin (1985)distinguishes between two types of communication: genuine communication and nonauthentic communication, which does not involve the exchange of information and is characterized by humour. Humans communicate with one another for a variety of reasons. Distinguishes between two types of communication: genuine communication and nonauthentic communication, which does not involve the exchange of information and is characterized by humour. Just a few people are interested in doing a comedy study because it is believed that if humour is examined, it will become unfunny. Ross (1998) emphasizes the value of comedy in everyday life. There are numerous sitcoms and variety shows on television. He said that funny books are frequently among the best-selling titles. As Spanakaki (2007) claims that humour has been an important component of a wide spectrum of literary works as well as an inherent feature of human daily interaction

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