PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI HUMOROUS SITUATION CREATED FROM THE MEANING IMPLIED IN SOFIA VERGARA’S AND ELLEN DEGENERES’ UTTERANCES IN THE ELLEN SHOW SEASON 13, EPISODE 58 AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By MADE ADELIA DESINTHA DEWI Student Number: 154214056 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2019 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI HUMOROUS SITUATION CREATED FROM THE MEANING IMPLIED IN SOFIA VERGARA’S AND ELLEN DEGENERES’ UTTERANCES IN THE ELLEN SHOW SEASON 13, EPISODE 58 AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By MADE ADELIA DESINTHA DEWI Student Number: 154214056 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2019 ii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI OM DEWA SUKSMA PARAMA ACINTYA YA NAMAH SVAHA, SARWA KARYA PRASIDHANTAM OM SANTIH, SANTIH, SANTIH OM (Ya Tuhan, dalam wujud Parama Acintya Yang Maha Gaib dan Maha Karya, hanya atas Anugerahmulah maka pekerjaan ini berhasil dengan baik. Semoga damai, damai di hati, damai di dunia, damai selamanya.) vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI Dedicated to the memory of my father, Ir. PutuSudarsana, who always believed in me even though he cannot see this thesis completed I miss you, Papa. viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my grateful for his never ending blessings Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa. Through His favor, I can complete this undergraduate thesis successfully. I would like to express my gratitude to countless gorgeous and wonderful people. I thank Adventina Putranti, S.S., M.Hum. for her kindness, encouragement, and her valuable guidance so I can finally finish this undergraduate thesis. I would also like to thank Fransisca Kristanti, S.Pd, M.Hum. for her suggestion towards my undergraduate thesis so that I pay more attention to the details, grammar, and tenses. My beloved Mama and my two beautiful sisters, Kak Gita and Tom, have given their endless support and prayers for completing my undergraduate thesis. There is no word I could describe to express my gratitude towards them. Another person I would like to thank is Kevin. I thank him for always supporting, listening, caring, and understanding me throughout my undergraduate thesis writing process. My gratefulness also goes to my friends, Sekar Langit, Eduardine, Deany, Ogek, Gung Siwa, Vidhya, Luna, Icak, Dyah, and Cawe who have been accompanying and supporting me in any situation. The last but not least, I would like to thank every person in Hindu‘s Community in Universitas Sanata Dharma for being a part of me for these past 4 years. Made Adelia Desintha Dewi ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE ........................................................................................................ ii APPROVAL PAGE ............................................................................................. iii ACCEPTANCE PAGE ........................................................................................ iv STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY ..................................................................... v LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH .. vi MOTTO PAGE ................................................................................................... vii DEDICATION PAGE ........................................................................................ viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................. ix TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................... x ABSTRACT .......................................................................................................... xi ABSTRAK ............................................................................................................. xii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ......................................................................... 1 A. Background of the Study ................................................................................ 1 B. Problem Formulation ...................................................................................... 3 C. Objectives of the Study .................................................................................. 3 D. Definition of Terms ........................................................................................ 3 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ..................................................... 5 A. Review of Related Studies .............................................................................. 5 B. Review of Related Theories ........................................................................... 7 1. Theory of Pragmatics .................................................................................. 7 2. Reference .................................................................................................... 9 a. Anaphora............................................................................................... 9 b. Cataphora ............................................................................................ 10 3. Inference ................................................................................................... 10 4. Implicature ................................................................................................ 11 a. Generalized Conversational Implicature ............................................ 12 b. Particularized Conversational Implicature ......................................... 12 5. Theory of Humour .................................................................................... 13 a. Incongruity Theory ............................................................................. 13 b. Superiority Theory .............................................................................. 14 x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI c. Release Theory ................................................................................... 15 C. Theoretical Framework ................................................................................ 16 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY ................................................................... 17 A. Object of the Study ....................................................................................... 17 B. Approach of the Study .................................................................................. 18 C. Method of the Study ..................................................................................... 18 1. Data Collection ......................................................................................... 18 2. Data Analysis ............................................................................................ 19 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS RESULT AND DISCUSSION ............................ 21 A. Meaning Implied in Sofia‘s and Ellen‘s Utterances ..................................... 21 1. Meaning Implied in Sofia‘s Utterances .................................................... 21 2. Meaning Implied in Ellen‘s Utterances .................................................... 29 B. Humorous Situation Created by Implied Meaning ....................................... 36 1. Incongruity ................................................................................................ 36 2. Superiority ................................................................................................ 37 3. Release ...................................................................................................... 43 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION ........................................................................... 46 REFERENCES ..................................................................................................... 47 APPENDIX ........................................................................................................... 48 xi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRACT DEWI, MADE ADELIA DESINTHA. (2019). Humorous Situation Created from The Meaning Implied in Sofia’s Vergara and Ellen DeGeneres’ Utterances in The Ellen Show, Season 13, Episode 58. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Sanata Dharma. The Ellen Show is a popular American talk show hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. Ellen usually inserts humour in every conversation with her guests. One of her guests is Sofia Vergara. The writer chose this specific episode because there are a lot of humorous moments between Ellen and Sofia. Thus, the writer is interested in analysing the implied meaning which creates a humorous situation. There are two questions in this study. The first question is about the implied meaning in Sofia‘s and Ellen‘s utterances in The Ellen Show, season 13, episode 58. The second question is about the humorous situation created from the implied meaning of Sofia‘s and Ellen‘s utterances. In this study, the writer used pragmatics approach to analyze the problem. The data were collected from a fan site named gloublog.net to get the full version of The Ellen Show, season 13, episode 58. Then, the theories that the writer used were theory of pragmatics, reference,