Humour in Gus Mus’s Speeches

Islam Damai and Islam Petenthengan

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211226.043How to use a DOI?

Keywords

types and functions; Gus Mus lectures; humour

Abstract

Kyai Haji Ahmad Mustofa Bisri, known as Gus Mus, is a phenomenal cleric. Apart from being a scholar, he is also known as a writer and painter. As a scholar, Gus Mus’s speeches were soothing to the people and provided a lot of humour to build closeness with the congregation. This study aims to describe the types and functions of humour in Gus Mus’s speeches on Islam Damai and Islam Pethenthengan. The approach used was descriptive qualitative with a pragmatic approach. The research data were in the form of utterances that realize humour, while the data source was in the form of documents on YouTube with the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkeXWgaQgj0 which was uploaded November 24, 2020. Data collection was carried out using the free-of-conversation (SBLC) technique, while the data analysis used a descriptive technique using the flow model of Miles and Huberman [1]. Based on the results of data analysis found 4 types of humour consisting of (1) universal humour, (2) sociocultural humour, (3) political humour, and (4) lingual humour. The humour was realized through assertive and expressive speech acts. In Gus Mus’s speeches on Islam Damai and Islam Pethenthengan, the use of humour serves to (1) inform, (2) advise, (3) satirize, and (4) criticize.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Agung Pramujiono
AU  - Tri Indrayanti
AU  - Ira Eko Retnosari
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/27
TI  - Humour in Gus Mus’s Speeches
BT  - Proceedings of the International Congress of Indonesian Linguistics Society (KIMLI 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 210
EP  - 217
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211226.043
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211226.043
ID  - Pramujiono2021
ER  -