PAUSE AND SLIP OF THE TONGUE ON STAND UP COMEDY SHOW
IN INDONESIA

Muhammad Asyura
Indonesia University of Education, Indonesia, muhammadasyura@yahoo.co.id

Abstract

This purpose of this research is describing pause and slip of the tongue that happens on stand up comedy show in Indonesia. The research is the study psycholinguistics. Language and mind related to mental processes through which comica in forming a humor speech. Data were analyzed in the form of 20 pieces of stand up comedy video on television that is downloaded via Youtube. Methods of collecting data are done by using listening and record for such observation. Methods of data analysis done by transcribing the data have been obtained or recorded into the data card orthographic, whereas the data analysis presented in the form of description by describing the forms and causes of pause and slip of the tongue happens by comica in stand up comedy show. The results of this research are the discovery of two kinds pause, namely pause because of respiratory and the speaker experiencing doubts. The slip of the tongue can occur due to the comica spoke hastily and not concentration. Slip of the tongue units are happened the in phonetics, syllables, and words. The occurrence pause and slip of the tongue by comica due to the attitude of nervous, hesitant, afraid to make s, and too careful in presenting the humor case due to the need for time management and the competitive situation.

Keyword: pause, slip of the tongue, phsycholinguistics