Linguistic Aspects and Violations of Grice's Cooperative Principle in Indonesian Comic Strip Humor

Abstract

The linguistic aspects and violations of Grice's cooperative principle have an important portion and role in constructing humorous discourse in Indonesian comic strips. Space limitations and the use of visual forms are one of the unique characteristics of Indonesian comic strip humour. The characteristics of short conversations and the appearance of supporting writing, symbols, and images are common forms of humour in Indonesian comic strips. The use of conflicting meanings between expected and intended meanings is an important element in constructing humorous discourse in Indonesian comic strips. This study supports Wijana's (2004) statement regarding differences or conflicting meanings as elements of humorous discourse. This study found that there are linguistic aspects in the form of orthographic, phonological, graphological, morphological, ambiguity, euphemism, and hyperbole in Indonesian comic strip humour. The violations of Grice's cooperative principle found in comic strip humour are violations of the maxims of quantity, quality, relevance, and manner.