The Pragmatics of Nonsense-1

The Pragmatics of NonsenseTowards a Stylistics of Private Eye’s

ColemanballsBy :

1. Mariyama Dina 1321540442. Rafika Yosaria I. 132154051

Introduction

Private Eye’s Colemanballs

• Name of magazine David Coleman, the BBC sport commentator who usually do the ‘faux pas’

The tokens that contain of Coleman ‘faux pas’ was collected by the Private Eye’s readers. There are 3 collections that has published then make Coleman become so famous in UK.

This analysis took 50 tokens from those 3 collections.

Phonological Errors

1. ANTICIAPTIONSA(ctual) U(tterance) T(arget) U(tterance)alsho share also share

2. PERSEVERANCESAUTUirrepraceable irreplaceable

3. METHATHESESAUTUteep a cape keep a tape

Tokens with Explanation of Psycholinguistics Terms

• That pot puts the game beyond reproach.(TU: ‘reach’)

• Steve Davis has a tough consignment in front of him.

(TU: ‘assignment’)

Tokens with Explanation of Maxim of Relevance

• Oh and that’s a brilliant shot. The odd thing is his mum’s not very keen on snooker.

Tokens with Explanation of Maxim of Quantity

• The loss of a life is – well – the loss of a life, and that’s something you can’t take away.

• And our next race is the next race.

Tokens with Explanation of Maxim of Quality

• Lawrenson slipped the ball through to Williams, and he beat Shilton from 35 yards... and you don’t beat Shilton from 35 yards.

• Saved by Bailey, son of Roy Bailey, once the Ipswich goalkeeper. He’s no longer being called the son of Roy Bailey.

Tokens with Explanation of Blended Metaphors and Mixed

Metaphors

Blended Metaphors• For a player to ask for a transfer has opened

everybody’s eyebrows. Raised ... Eyebrows

Mixed Metaphors• He and his colleagues, are like hungry hounds

galloping after a red herring. hungry hounds : accompany the depicting of cartoon

Tokens with Explanation of Deictic Markers ‘Quite a

Statement’

• Only one word for that – magic darts!

• At 7 ... Eamonn will approach another surprised personality with his famous three words – ‘This is your life’.

Tokens with Explanation of Explicit Denial of The Speech Act

• I make no apologies for their absence, I’m sorry they’re not here.

• I promise results, not promises

Tokens with Explanation of Modality

• And Harvey Smith is on the phone now and I think that means he’s on the phone.

• John Bond has brought in a young left sided midfield player who, I guess, will play on the left side of midfield.

Tokens with Explanation of Interpratation of ‘Literally’ Word

• And Alex has literally come back from the dead!

• The audience are literally electrified and glued to their seats.

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