Abstract:
This study focuses on the violations of the maxim that occurred on the Saturday
Night Live comedy program. The purpose of this research is (1) to describe the
types of violations found in the Saturday Night Live Show, (2) to explain the
violations of maxim realized and (3) the reason why using maxim violations can
produce a funny and laughing thing .Data was taken from the Saturday Night Live
comedy program. The study was conducted using qualitative analysis. The
findings show that there were four types of violations of the maxim carried out by
the cast on Saturday Night Live Show. They are maxim of quality, maxim of
quantity, maxim of manner, maxim of relation. violations of maxim violations
realized in this study are indicated by the situation of a saying that is not true and
making it up and not in accordance with the facts, words that are not in
accordance with the information limit that needs to be conveyed and excessive,
the words whose meaning is unclear and ambiguous, the discrepancy between
speaker and listener. while the reason for violating maxim is based on how
linguistic pragmatic analysis describes humor by applying the humorous
singularity theory to show ways or mechanisms that lead to a maxim offense that
can lead to the creation of a humor. investigating the ways in which maxims are
violated to create humor, and showing how improper language usage sometimes
creates an unintentional humor.
