ANALYSIS ON MAXIM OF COOPERATIVEPRINCIPLE VIOLATION BY DODIT MULYANTO IN STAND UP COMEDY INDONESIA SEASON 4

This study focuses on cooperative principle violation done by Dodit Mulyanto in Stand Up Comedy Indonesia Season 4 using Grice’s theory. Grice expressed cooperative principle to suggest that in conversational interaction people work on the assumption that a certain set of rules is in operation, unless they receive indications to the contrary. The maxims of cooperative principle are maxim of quantity, maxim of quality, maxim of relation and maxim of manner. This research aims to answer the following questions: (1) What are the maxims of cooperative principle which are violated by Dodit Mulyanto in Stand Up Comedy Indonesia season 4 in order to raise humor; and (2) How Dodit violates maims of cooperative principle to raise humor in Stand Up Comedy Indonesia season 4. This research is conducted using qualitative method. The data source of this research are the 17 videos of Dodit Mulyanto’s speech during his performance in Stand Up Comedy Indonesia Season 4 which has been transcribed by the researcher. The data are the utterances of Dodit Mulyanto which considered contain the violation of cooperative principles. The data are collected using the check list instrument and then analyzed based on the violation on each maxim. At the end, the researcher draws the conclusion which is in accordance with the research finding. The results of the study show that there are four maxims of the cooperative principle violated by Dodit Mulyanto during Stand Up Comedy Indonesia season four. These maxims are: (1) maxim of quantity (2) maxim of quality, (3) maxim of relation, and (4) maxim of manner. The dominant maxim that is violated is maxim of relation which occurred 22 times, whereas the other maxim such as maxim of quantity occurred 12 times, maxim of quality 13 times and maxim of manner only occurred 2 times.