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 entitle "Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's Royal Wedding" Live 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.
Highlights
A discourse marker is a required element that cannot be separated from our daily live communication
Brinton explains that discourse markers ser ve in the function of discourse marker as discourse element in the discourse organization and serve a pragmatic function and term pragmatic markers covers the range of the item functions rather than discourse markers alone
After checking the discourse markers used in Trevor Noah’s stand-up comedy especially in the humor utterances utilizing the guidance of Brinton's discourse markers inventory item, the researcher found eleven types of discourse markers that match with the list of Brinton's discourse markers inventory item
Summary
A discourse marker is a required element that cannot be separated from our daily live communication. Brinton (1996) has her definition of discourse markers which is pragmatic marker s as it serves pragmatic meaning in the discourse. Brinton (1996) divided the role of discourse markers (pragmatic markers) into a textual and interpersonal level An interpersonal function of a discourse marker is affected by its textual function. A discourse marker cannot in any way be separated from analyzing its textual function. It is because the fundamental meaning of discourse markers will determine the use of discourse markers in utterance or discourse
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