ANALYSIS OF WORDPLAY IN JERRY SEINFELD S I'm Telling You For The Last Time Stand-Up Show THESIS. By; AMRY BELADIN GUSWAKHIDA ( )

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1 ANALYSIS OF WORDPLAY IN JERRY SEINFELD S I'm Telling You For The Last Time Stand-Up Show THESIS By; AMRY BELADIN GUSWAKHIDA ( ) ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG 2014

2 This thesis written by Amry Beladin Guswakhida was approved on March 27 th, By i

3 This thesis was defended in front of the examiners of the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang and accepted as one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education March 27 th, 2014 Approved by: Faculty of Teacher Training and Education University of Muhammadiyah Malang ii

4 Motto and Dedication Motto A Sword that can cut anything is not a sword. A Sword that can cut nothing can cut anything. Dedication I dedicated this thesis to: My beloved parents (Akhiyadi & Mariyah) My brother and sister (Fridho Tatar Junior & Shalasanty Asprila Maharani) The special one (Novita Ayu Safitri) And for all Classmate also all of my friends I can t go further without all of you iii

5 ABSTRACT ANALYSIS OF WORDPLAY IN JERRY SEINFELD S I'm Telling You for The Last Time Stand-Up Show Language takes the important parts in human life. To begin communication people use the language as a best way to communicate each other, especially to share the information, knowledge, experience and culture. One of the language that promises to connect the people around the world is English, since it established to be an international language. Moreover the interaction in social communication frequently bought vary topics, and sometimes the uses of joke cannot be avoided even in serious communication it can be used. A jokes in Stand-up comedy just similar to the jokes in social life, the differences located on the condition of the joke that may apply, in stand-up comedy jokes that delivers by the comedian seems like a story telling. The stand-up comedians use figurative language as a basic tactics and weapon for their joking material. The uses of figurative language help the joke tellers to express their real intention without using direct and offensive language. Wordplay, ambiguous terms, and implication are only some of the techniques which expresses the joke tellers' aggressiveness and to presenting their joke material. Furthermore, figurative language also have the contribution to shared knowledge. This study focuses on wordplays that apply in Jerry Seinfeld's I'm Telling You for The Last Time Stand-Up Show. There are three statement of problems in this study. Those are: (1) What are the wordplays in Jerry Seinfeld's I'm Telling You for the Last Time stand-up show?, (2) How does Seinfeld deliver wordplays in I'm Telling You for the Last Time stand-up show?, (3) Why does Seinfeld use the wordplays as a part of his joke in I'm Telling You for the Last Time stand-up show? This study used descriptive qualitative research design. The object of this study was in Jerry Seinfeld's I'm Telling You for The Last Time Stand-Up Show. After analyzing all objects of the study, the writer found out that the use of wordplay such have an effort to make the words more interesting, by using the certain word and compare with the similar word, the result is misinterpreting or miscomprehension from audience and they appreciate with the laughter. With this the writer gain a new perspective from a stand-up comedy. Key words: Wordplay, Comic, Stand-up, Stand-up show. iv

6 ACKNOWLEDGMENT Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alaamin, The writer thanks and grateful to Allah SWT the almighty who blesses him by His mercy and loves so that he is able to finish this thesis. He also wants to convey sholawat and greeting to his greatest prophet Muhammad SAW who has changed the cultures and customs of the human and guided the mankind into the right path of Islam. This research will not be finished without help and guidance from the other people around the writer. The writer would like to thank to his parents; Akhiyadi and Mariyah who always give supports in conducting this research. The greatest grateful is always bestowed from the writer to his advisor Mr. Dian Arsitades, M.Pd and Mr. Drs. Mas'udi, M.Ed who have patiently guided him in finishing this. The last gratitude is bestowed to all friends who accompany by their appearance in supporting the writer to finish this research. This thesis is submitted to fulfill the requirement to achieve Bachelor Degree of English Department. The writer hopes this thesis could be beneficial for educational purpose, especially in sociolinguistic study. v

7 TABLE OF CONTENTS LEGALIZATION... i APPROVAL...ii MOTTO AND DEDICATION... iii ABSTRACT... iv ACKNOWLEDGMENT... v TABLE OF CONTENT... vi CHAPTER I 1.1 Background of Study Statement of Problem Research Objective Scope and Limitation Key terms... 5 CHAPTER II 2.1 Language Linguistic Stand-up Comedy Figurative Language CHAPTER III 3.1 Research Design Object of Study Data Collection Data Analysis CHAPTER IV 4.1 Findings Discussion CHAPTER V 5.1 Conclusion Suggestions REFFERENCE... vii APPENDIX... viii vi

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