Exploring Humor Functions in Trevor Noah Stand Up Comedy: I Wish You Would

Abstract

This study  discusses the function of humor in Trevor Noah's Stand-Up Comedy entitled I Wish You Would. The aims of this study  are to examine  the humor functions applied by Trevor Noah  in his  stand-up comedy and to contribute in filling the existing gaps . The first question to answer to what extent  Trevor Noah’s SUC fit Hay (2000) humor’s function theory. The second question to answer how the utterances of Trevor Noah’s jokes fit the humor functions. The data in this research are oral data which is transcribed into written form. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method. According to the study  in the stand-up comedy entitled I wish I would, the writer  found that Trevor Noah  uses almost all aspects of  humor function .