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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelHumor is identical with something that is funny and laughable. It is often
inserted in a talking to amuse people so that they keep listening to the talk. On the
other hand, in formal speech such as in a sermon, humors may seem to be
something strange and avoided to use. However, some speakers have deliberately
put some humor in sermons and they still could convey the religious subject very
well. So, it is interesting to know more about humors that are found in the
sermons. In order to understand the meaning and the function of the humors in the
sermons, the writer used the flouting of maxims. In addition, that sermon is
related to rhetoric, the writer looks for the art of using the language which can be
seen from the use of stylistics devices of figures of speech. In this thesis she
wants to find out two basic questions: What the typical kinds and significance of
flouting cooperative principle in Bhikkhu Uttamo?s humorous sermons, and what
figures of speech that are used by Bhikkhu Uttamo frequently in delivering
humorous sermons. To answer those questions, the writer uses theory of humor,
flouting maxims and figures of speech as the main theories. In this study, she
takes 65 jokes from four humorous sermons conducted by Bhikkhu Uttamo. The
writer uses a qualitative approach; focusing in finding out how the implicit and
intended meaning of particular utterances. Moreover, she sees the humorous text
as a process rather than a product. Next, she collects the data based on the
categories of sermons which the jokes occurred more than ten. Finally, the writer
finds out that in most of the humor, Bhikkhu Uttamo flouted the maxim of quality,
and the figures of speech that occurred the most was metaphor and hyperbole.
From the findings, it seemed that most humor occurred were criticism humors to
people?s moral conduct and behavior.