The Use Of Sarcasm In The American Sitcom "the Big Bang Theory"

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Emma CahyaniFollow

Document Type

Poster

Language

English

Date

Summer 8-13-2021

Keywords

linguistics, sarcasm, sitcom, The Big Bang Theory

Description/Abstract

As a means of communication, language leads to variations in humans’ verbal exchanges. This research was aimed to determine how sarcasm, indirect messaging, is applied in a popular American situation comedy (sitcom) according to the classification of its purposes. The researcher employed discourse analysis technique to analyze sarcastic utterances in the American sitcom “The Big Bang Theory”.

Disciplines

Broadcast and Video Studies | Communication | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Funder(s)

Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State

Funding ID

S-ECAGD-21-CA-3004

Recommended Citation

Cahyani, Emma, "The Use Of Sarcasm In The American Sitcom "the Big Bang Theory"" (2021). English Language Institute. 141.
https://surface.syr.edu/eli/141

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Additional Information

This work has been created with support from the Institute of International Education (IIE)/Fulbright - English for Graduate Students Program.

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