The Analysis of Some Jokes by Using the Concept of the Context of Situation

Abstract

This research is an attempt to apply linguistic analysis on joke itself. The joke is chosen to examine how the analysis of the context of situation of a text can give the aim in achieving a precise understanding of particular text. The aim of this research is to figure out the advantages be gained from the analysis of the jokes by using the concept of the context situation. The method that is used is qualitative descriptive. The data are Gus Dur’s jokes taken from Guntur Wiguna Book “Koleksi Humor Gus Dur”. It uses descriptive analysis. The results of the research are the first, what the messages of the jokes are. The second, what the messages that are conveyed by the author and the speaker. Then, the kind of some jokes, that is the social protest jokes. To analyze the social context of a text, it involves three headings: the field, the tenor, and the mode. The conclusion is on the analysis of the jokes, the writer found there are some meanings are delivered by the speaker. The rationale of the analysis of a discourse through the knowledge of context can be found.