Analyzing Jokes in the Light of Cooperative Principle Taking George Carlins Stand-up Comedy as an Example

Abstract

George Carlin was one of the most brilliant and outstanding comedians in the United States. He criticised social hypocrisy by highlighting conflicting facts that people typically ignore. In stand-up comedy, several linguistic mechanisms assist in the creation of humour. Many linguistic mechanisms contribute to the production of comedy in stand-up comedies. Through a literature analysis, this paper investigates the use of "Cooperative Principle" in George Carlin's comedies and how he uses his language proficiency to entertain his audiences. It reemphasizes the significance of rationality in the "Cooperative Principle" by analyzing the implementation of Grice's theory from a novel perspective, as opposed to focusing on daily conversations. Based on Grecian theory, this research focuses on the implicature of speakers in stand-up comedians and how implicit sentence generates humour.