On Humour of the Sitcom Friends from the Perspective of Cooperative Principle

Cooperative principle is a key factor in pragmatics study. It consists of four maxims and is the basic principle for the communication to proceed smoothly. In daily life, people sometimes purposefully flout certain maxim to create conversational implicature. The sitcom Friends make full use of the humourous effects brought by the flouting of cooperative principle, thus create all the humourous conversations.