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THE UNIVERSITY OF DANANG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES CHÂU BÁCH NHÃ AN INVESTIGATION INTO HUMOR LINGUISTIC STRATEGIES IN ENGLISH SPEECHES IN THE ONLINE CHANNEL OF TED TALKS FROM PRAGMATIC PERSPECTIVES Major: ENGLISH LINGUISTICS Code: 822.02.01 MASTER THESIS IN LINGUISTICS AND CULTURAL STUDIES OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES Da Nang, 2020 THE UNIVERSITY OF DANANG UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES CHÂU BÁCH NHÃ AN INVESTIGATION INTO HUMOR LINGUISTIC STRATEGIES IN ENGLISH SPEECHES IN THE ONLINE CHANNEL OF TED TALKS FROM PRAGMATIC PERSPECTIVES Major: ENGLISH LINGUISTICS Code: 822.02.01 MASTER THESIS IN LINGUISTICS AND CULTURAL STUDIES OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES SUPERVISOR: TRẦN QUANG HẢI, Ph.D Da Nang, 2020 STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP Except where reference is made in the text of the thesis, this thesis contains no material published elsewhere or extracted in whole, or in part from a study for which I have qualified or been awarded another degree or diploma No other person's work has been used without due acknowledgement in the thesis This thesis has not been submitted for the award of any degree or diploma in any other tertiary institution Danang - 2020 Chau Bach Nha ABSTRACT The study has been carried out in an attempt to examine the most humor strategies adopted in English speeches in TED TALKS The data of the study were collected from 100 English speeches in random from TED TALKS Thirteen segments were chosen to be analyzed in detail in terms of humor strategies Under qualitative and quantitative approaches, the data were described and analyzed on humor strategies and violating Maxims of Grice's Cooperative Principle in order to yield more precise points on humor strategies in English speeches in TED TALKS On a close analysis, the thesis tried to find out some frequently used humor strategies which stems from flouting or violating Grice's Cooperative Principle The results demonstrate a close relationship between humor and the violation of Grice's Cooperative Principle It is obvious to see that violating or flouting Maxims of Grice's Cooperative Principle created humorous situation The speakers in TED TALKS took advantage of various humor strategies to cause laughter or amuse the listeners With the hope of contributing to better teaching and learning English as a foreign language, especially to better the awareness of learners in understanding and making an impressive speech by using their sense of humor, some suggested ideas were also included As for learners, theoretically, it equips them with some basis knowledge of the nature of humor These English speeches contain humor strategies which are used in reading and listening skills This gets attention from the audience more effectively English learners should recognize the humor strategies that the speakers use to apply humor in their daily conversation or in English speeches Moreover, English learner can make a suitable choice of humor strategies to communicate effectively Humor is one of the most difficult aspects in making an effective speech in front of the audience Therefore, handling the knowledge of humor and applying humor is a challenge TABLE OF CONTENTS Statement Of Authorship i Abstract ii Table Of Contents iv List Of Tables vii Chapter INTRODUCTION 1.1 RATIONALE 1.2 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES 1.2.1 Aims .3 1.2.2 Objectives .3 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1.4 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 1.5 ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY Chapter LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 2.1 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.2 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 11 2.2.1 Public speeches 11 2.2.2 Humor 12 2.2.2.1 Definition of humor 12 2.2.2.2 Humor in English speeches 13 2.2.2.3 Humor strategies in public speaking 14 2.2.3 Pragmatics Theory 19 2.2.3.1 Definition of Grice's Cooperative Principle 19 2.2.3.2 Maxims of Grice's Cooperative Principle 20 2.2.3.3 Humor as a violation of Grice's Cooperative Principle 21 2.2.3.4 Violating Maxims of Grice's Cooperative Principle .21 2.2.4 Ted Talks .24 Chapter RESEARCH METHODOLOGY .25 3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN 25 3.2 RESEARCH METHOD 25 3.3 DATA SAMPLING 25 3.4 DATA ANALYSIS .26 3.5 PROCEDURES OF DATA COLLECTION 27 3.6 RELIABLITY AND VALIDABILITY .27 3.7 SUMMARY 27 Chapter FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS 29 4.1 HUMOR STRATEGIES RESULTING FROM VIOLATING MAXIM OF QUALITY IN ENGLISH SPEECHES IN THE ONLINE CHANNEL OF TED TALKS 30 4.1.1 Irony strategy in English speeches in the online channel of TED TALKS 31 4.1.2 Exaggeration strategy in English speeches in the online channel of TED TALKS 34 4.1.3 Understatement strategy in English speeches in the online channel of TED TALKS 37 4.2 HUMOR STRATEGIES RESULTING FROM VIOLATING MAXIM OF QUANTITY IN ENGLISH SPEECHES IN THE ONLINE CHANNEL OF TED TALKS 38 4.2.1 Too much unnecessary information strategy in English speeches in the online channel of TED TALKS .39 4.2.2 Less information response strategy in English speeches in the online channel of TED TALKS 40 4.2.3 Repetition strategy in English speeches in the online channel of TED TALKS 41 4.3 HUMOR STRATEGIES RESULTING FROM VIOLATING MAXIM OF RELATION IN ENGLISH SPEECHES IN THE ONLINE CHANNEL OF TED TALKS 43 4.3.1 Incongruity strategy in English speeches in the online channel of TED TALKS 44 4.3.2 Inversion strategy in English speeches in the online channel of TED TALKS 45 4.4 HUMOR STRATEGIES RESULTING FROM VIOLATING MAXIM OF MANNER IN ENGLISH SPEECHES IN THE ONLINE CHANNEL OF TED TALKS 48 4.4.1 Phonological ambiguity strategy in English speeches in the online channel of TED TALKS 49 4.4.2 Morphological ambiguity strategy English speeches in the online channel of TED TALKS .50 4.4.3 Syntactic ambiguity strategy English speeches in the online channel of TED TALKS 51 4.4.4 Lexical ambiguity strategy English speeches in the online channel of TED TALKS 52 Chapter CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS 56 5.1 SUMMARY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDY .56 5.2 CONCLUSION OF THE STUDY .56 5.3 IMPLICATIONS OF THE STUDY 58 5.4 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY .60 5.5 RECOMMENDATIONS 60 REFFERENCES SOURCES OF DATA QUYẾT ĐỊNH GIAO ĐỀ TÀI (bản sao) 64 LIST OF TABLES Numbe r 4.1 Name of Tables Frequency of humor strategies caused by violating Pag es 29 Maxim Of Quality in English speeches in TED TALKS 4.2 Frequency of humor strategies caused by violating 38 Maxim Of Quantity in English speeches in TED TALKS 4.3 Frequency of humor strategies caused by violating 42 Maxim Of Relation in English speeches in TED TALKS 4.4 Frequency of humor strategies caused by violating 47 Maxim Of Manner in English speeches in TED TALKS 4.5 Frequency of linguistic humor strategies and violating/flouting maxims in English speeches in TED TALKS in total 53 thesis is predicted to make a remarkable contribution to the process of teaching and learning English as foreign language The study of humor in English speeches in TED TALKS from pragmatic perspectives provides English learner and teacher a clear background of humor strategies leading to flouting Maxims It also enables them to recognize humorous circumstances easily As for learners, theoretically, it equips them with some basis knowledge of the nature of humor These English speeches contain humor strategies which are used in reading and listening skills This gets attention from the audience more effectively English learners should recognize the humor strategies that the speakers use to apply humor in their daily conversation or in English speeches Moreover, English learner can make a suitable choice of humor strategies to communicate effectively Humor is one of the most difficult aspects in making an effective speech in front of the audience Therefore, handling the knowledge of humor and applying humor is a challenge From the findings of this thesis, it is hoped that English learners will find humor interesting and as well as get a better understanding of English language As for teachers, humor helps enhance spirits and makes it easier to remember language phenomena Moreover, English teachers should provide opportunities for students to show their sense of humor and encourage learners to imitate how to create humor by using humor strategies in making presentation or in daily conversation English teachers can apply humor in English classes to reduce tension for students Besides, teachers can be also appreciated by conveying lectures in the wittiness way As for researchers of humor, I hope that my thesis makes a remarkable contribution in the field of doing research of humor In addition, it can help other researchers as a useful reference 5.4 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY At the end of collecting data, I have divided data into small sections which is appropriate to each part that I have given in the outline After that, I have described, made an analysis and made a clear explanation about humor strategies I utilized in my the thesis as well as how Maxims of Grice's Cooperative Principle has relation to these humor strategies from pragmatic perspectives Owing to the shortage of time, space as well as relevant materials, I cannot cover all aspects of humor strategies Besides, of more than 1000 English speeches in TED TALKS , only 100 speeches are chosen in random to research Therefore, the effect of my thesis is not high and the thesis may not have been thoroughly discussed as expected With those difficulties and limitation of personal ability, sources of data which are relevant to the problem under investigation and outside factors, some drawbacks are inevitable On the other hand, this study is limited in its linguistic extent or verbal language because it does not mention non - verbal language such as body language, cultural and social effects, and appearance of the speakers and the audience Last but not least, the definition of humor is too abstract and it belongs to subjective issues, so analyzing humor strategies acquires the researcher to become flexible and the result of the study cannot be absolutely exact 5.5 RECOMMENDATIONS As mentioning the issues that have not been touched in this thesis, I would rather demonstrate a list of suggestions on further investigation as follows: - Linguistic ambiguity in English speeches in TED TALKS - Lexical puns in English speeches in TED TALKS - Irony and Exaggeration in English speeches in TED TALKS Further information please access to this website : www.ted.com, you can find out many issues and useful data to service your investigation I hope that those recommendations would be useful for some researchers who take notice of humor strategies REFFERENCES English books Mickiewicz (1976), Humor and Laughter: theory, research and applications, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Attardo, S (1994), Linguistic Theories of Humor, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter Avner, Z Characteristics of Jewish Humor: Amazon.ca, Anat Zajdman Maria, T Syntactic Ambiguity as a Device in British Humor, (1995): 209-28 Mulder & Niijholt (2001), Humorous texts: A Semantic and Pragmatic Analysis, New York Attardo, S (2001b) Humor and Irony in Interaction: From Mode Adoption 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Lessons from the longest study on happiness”, Robert Waldinger https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_fro m_the_longest_study_on_happines s [24] “The new era of positive psychology”, Martin Seligman https://www.ted.com/talks/martin_seligman_the_new_era_of_positive_psychology [25] “The habits of happiness”, Matthieu Ricard https://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_the_habits_of_happiness/transcript [26] “The happy secret to better work” ,Shawn Achor https://www.ted.com/talks/shawn achor the happy secret to better work/transcri pt [27] “'The price of happiness”, Benjamin Wallace https://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_wallace_the_price_of_happiness/transcript [28] “What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness, Robert Waldinger https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_fro m the longest study on happiness/transcript [29] “The surprising science of happiness”, Dan Gilbert https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_the_surprising_science_of happiness/transc ript [30] “Want to be happier? Stay in the moment, Matt Killingsworth https://www.ted.com/talks/matt_killingsworth_want_to_be_happier_stay_in _the_m oment/transcript [31] “Where joy hides and how to find it”, Ingrid Fetell Lee https://www.ted.com/talks/ingrid fetell lee where joy hides and how to find it/ transcript [32] “My journey to thank all the people responsible for my morning coffee”, A.J Jacobs https://www.ted.com/talks/a_jjacobs_my_journey_to_tha:nk_all_the_people_respo nsible for my morning coffee/transcript [33] “Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce”, Malcolm Gladwell https://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_gladweU_choice_happiness_and_spaghetti_sau ce/transcript [34] “10 ways the world could end”, Stephen Petranek https://www.ted.com/talks/stephen_petranek_10_ways_the_world_could_end/transc ript [35] “Is this our final century?”, Martin Rees https://www.ted.com/talks/martin rees is this our final century/transcript [36] “Health and the human mind”, Marvin Minsky https://www.ted.com/talks/marvin_minsky_health_and_the_human_mind/transcript [37] “How to make a splash in social media, Alexis Ohanian https://www.ted.com/talks/alexis ohanian how to make a splash in social medi a [38] “6 ways to save the internet”, Roger McNamee https://www.ted.com/talks/roger_mcnamee_6_ways_to_save_the_internet/transcript [39] “The Web as random acts of kindness”, Jonathan Zittrain https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan zittrain the web as random acts of kindness /transcript [40] “A one-woman global village”, Sarah Jones https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_jones_a_one_woman_global_village/transcript [41] “One woman, five characters, and a sex lesson from the future”, Sarah Jones https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_ jones_one_woman_five_characters_and_a_sex_le sson from thefuture [42] “What you don't know about marriage”, Jenna McCarthy https://www.ted.com/talks/jenna_mccarthy_what_you_don_t_know_about_marriag e/transcript [43] “3 ways to build a happy marriage and avoid divorce”, George Blair-West https://www.ted com/talks/george_blair_west_3_ways_to_build_a_happy_marriage and avoid divorce/transcript [44] “Technology hasn't changed love Here's why”, Helen Fisher https://www.ted.com/talks/helen_fisher_technology_hasn_t_changed_love_here_s_ why/transcript [45] “Love — you're doing it wrong”, Yann Dall'Aglio https://www.ted.com/talks/yann dall aglio love you re doing it wrong/transcript [46] “The secret to desire in a long-term relationship”, Esther Perel https://www.ted.com/talks/esther_perel_the_secret_to_desire_in_a_long_term_relat ionship/transcript [47] “Why we love, why we cheat”, Helen Fisher https://www.ted.com/talks/helen_fisher_why_we_love_why_we_cheat/transcript [48] “The brain in love”, Helen Fisher https://www.ted.com/talks/helen_fisher_the_brain_in_love/transcript [49] “Happiness in body and soul”, Eve Ensler https://www.ted.com/talks/eve ensler happiness in body and soul/transcript [50] “Tales of passion”, Isabel Allende https://www.ted.com/talks/isabel_allende_tales_of_passion/transcript [51] “Fashion and creativity”, Isaac Mizrahi https://www.ted.com/talks/isaac_mizrahi_fashion_and_creativity/transcript [52] “The mystery box”, J.J Abrams https://www.ted.com/talks/j_j_abrams_the_mystery_box/transcript [53] “Are games better than life?”, David Perry https://www.ted.com/talks/david_perry_are_games_better_than_life/transcript [54] “Teaching with the World Peace Game”, John Hunter https://www.ted.com/talks/john hunter teaching with the world peace game/tran script [55] “ Every kid needs a champion”, Rita Pierson https://www.ted.com/talks/rita pierson every kid needs a champion/transcript [56] “Our failing schools Enough is enough!”, Geoffrey Canada https://www.ted.com/talks/geoffrey_canada_our_failing schools enoughis _enoug h/transcript [57] “How to escape education's death valley”, Sir Ken Robinson https://www.ted.com/talks/sir ken robinson how to escape education s death v alley/transcript [58] “How art, technology and design inform creative leaders”, John Maeda https://www.ted.com/talks/john_maeda_how_art_technology_and_design_inform_c reative_leaders/transcript [59] “Teach arts and sciences together”, Mae Jemison https://www.ted.com/talks/mae_j emison_teach_arts_and_sciences_together/transcri pt [60] “Do schools kill creativity?”, Sir Ken Robinson https://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_do_schools_kill_creativity/transcript [61] “How to run a company with (almost) no rules”, Ricardo Semler https://www.ted.com/talks/ricardo_semler_how_to_run_a_company_with_almost_n o_rules/transcript [62] “How to find work you love”, Scott Dinsmore https://www.ted.com/talks/scott_dinsmore_how_to_find_work_ you_love/transcript [63] “Never, ever give up”, Diana Nyad https://www.ted.com/talks/diana_nyad_never_ever_give_up/transcript [64] “Older people are happier”, Laura Carstensen https://www.ted.com/talks/laura Carstensen older people are happier/transcript [65] “How to live passionately—no matter your age”, Isabel Allende https://www.ted.com/talks/isabel_allende_how_to_live_passionately_no_matter_yo ur age [66] “How to live to be 100+”, Dan Buettner https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_buettner_how_to_live_to_be_100/transcript [67] “The linguistic genius of babies”, Patricia Kuhl https://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_ genius_of_babies [68] “How we read each other's minds”, Rebecca Saxe https://www.ted.com/talks/rebecca_saxe_how_we_read_each_other_s_minds/transc ript [69] “What babies think?”, Alison Gopnik https://www.ted.com/talks/alison_ gopnik_what_do_babies_think/transcript [70] “The lies we tell pregnant women”, Sofia Jawed-Wessel https://www.ted.com/talks/sofia jawed wessel the lies we tell pregnant women/ transcript [71] “A taboo-free way to talk about periods”, Aditi Gupta https://www.ted.com/talks/aditi_gupta _a_taboo_free_way_to_talk_about_periods/tr anscript [72] “To learn is to be free”, Shameem Akhtar https://www.ted.com/talks/shameem_akhtar_to_learn_is_to_be_free/transcript [73] “How to raise successful kids — without over-parenting”, Julie LythcottHaims https://www.ted.com/talks/julie_lythcott_haims_how_to_raise_successful_kids_wit hout over parenting/transcript [74] “What adults can learn from kids”, Adora Svitak https://www.ted.com/talks/adora_svitak_what_adults_can_leam_from_kids/transcri pt [75] “5 dangerous things you should let your kids do”, Gever Tulley https://www.ted.com/talks/gever_tulley_5_dangerous_things_you_should_let_your kids do/transcript [76] “Why you should define your fears instead of your goals”, Tim Ferriss https://www.ted.com/talks/tim ferriss why you should define your fears instead of your goals/transcript [77] “How to stop screwing yourself over”, Mel Robbins https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_robbins_how_to_stop_screwing yourself_over/tran script [78] “How games make kids smarter”, Gabe Zichermann https://www.ted.com/talks/gabe_zichermann_how_games_make_kids_smarter/trans cript [79] “Know thyself, with a brain scanner”, Ariel Garten https://www.ted.com/talks/ariel_garten_know_thyself_with_a_brain_scanner/transc ript [80] “What happens when our computers get smarter than we are?”, Nick Bostrom https://www.ted.com/talks/nick_bostrom_what_happens_when_our_computers_get smarter than we are/transcript [81] “Can a robot pass a university entrance exam?”, Noriko Arai https://www.ted.com/talks/noriko arai can a robot pass a university entrance e xam/transcript [82] “The human skills we need in an unpredictable world”, Margaret Heffernan https://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_heffeman_the_human_skills_we_need_in_an_ unpredictable world/transcript [83] “The a.m mystery”, Rives https://www.ted.com/talks/rives_the_4_a_m_mystery/transcript [84] “If I controlled the Internet, Rives https://www.ted.com/talks/rives if i controlled the internet/transcript [85] “Once upon a time, my mother ”, Carmen Agra Deedy https://www.ted.com/talks/carmen_agra_deedv_once_upon_a_time_my_mother/tra nscript [86] “Let's talk parenting taboos”, Rufus Griscom + Alisa Volkman https://www.ted.com/talks/rufus griscom alisa volkman let s talk parenting tab oos/transcript [87] “Love, no matter what”, Andrew Solomon https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_solomon_love_no_matter_what/transcript [88] “How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are”, Andrew Solomon https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_solomon_how_the_worst_moments_in_our_live s_make_us_who_we_are/transcript [89] “3 questions to ask yourself about everything you do”, Stacey Abrams https://www.ted.com/talks/stacey abrams questions to ask yourself about eve rything you_do/transcript [90] “How music makes me a better neuroscientist”, Indre Viskontas https://www.ted.com/talks/indre_viskontas_how_music_makes_me_a_better_neuro scientist/transcript [91] “Be an artist, right now!”, Young-ha Kim https://www.ted.com/talks/young kim be an artist right now [92] “Comics that ask "what if?" , Randall Munroe https://www.ted.com/talks/randall_munroe_comics_that_ask_what_if/transcript [93] “Get comfortable with being uncomfortable”, Luvvie Ajayi https://www.ted.com/talks/luvvie ajayi get comfortable with being uncomfortabl e/transcript [94] “How I accidentally changed the way”, Franklin Leonard https://www.ted.com/talks/franklin leonard how i accidentally changed the way movies get made feb 2018/transcript [95] “5 ways to listen better”, Julian Treasure https://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better/transcript [96] “Where good ideas come from”, Steven Johnson https://www.ted.com/talks/steven johnson where good ideas come from/transcri EÍ [97] “Take "the Other" to lunch”, Elizabeth Lesser https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_lesser_take_the_other_to_lunch/transcript [98] “Why I have coffee with people who send me hate mail”, Ozlem Cekic https://www.ted.com/talks/ozlem_cekic_why_i_have_coffee_with_people_who_sen d_me_hate_mail/transcript [99] “The art of choosing”, Sheena Iyengar https://www.ted.com/talks/sheena iyengar the art of choosing/transcript [100] “The power of the informal economy”, Robert Neuwirth https://www.ted.com/talks/robert neuwirththe power of the informal economy/t ranscript XA HQI CHU NGHÍA VIỆT NAM Bộc lập - Tự - Hanh phtic 0ẠI HỌC BA NANG CQNG HOA TRUỮNG.DẬI _NGOẠI NGUthang Da_HOC Ndng, ngàyOẢ S6: ;lơmq-/QĐ-Đ^W 10 nam 2019 QUYETDJNH Ve việc giao de tai va trách nhiệm cùa ngll'oi hmrng din luận van thạc si HIE U TRUONG TRUONG DAI HOC NGOAI NGU Can cu Nghi dinh s6 32/CP 04 thang nam 1994 cua Chinh phu v€ việc lập D?i h9c Da Nang; Can cu Quyết dinh s6 709/QD - TTg 26 thang nam 2002 cua Chinh phu v€ việc lập Truong D?i h9c Ngo?i Ngfr, thuộc D?i h9c Da Nang; Can cu Thong tu s6 08/2014/TT-BGDDT ,20 thang nam 2014 cua B9 trưởng Bộ Giao dục va Dao t?o v€ việc ban hanh Quy chế t6 chúc va ho?t dộng cua D?i h9c vung va cac ca SQ' giao dục d?i h9c viên; Can cú Thong tu s6 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ngữ - Dại học Da N8ng ■ a Diều H9c viên cao h9c va nguòi hu&ng dfrn c6 tên Di€u duqc huang cac quy€n lqi va thực nhiệm V\1 dung theo Quy chế dao t?o trinh dộ th?c si B9 Giao dl_lc va Dao t?0 ban hanh va Quy dinh v€ dao t?o trinh d9 th?c si cua Truong D?i h9c Ngo?i ngfr - D?i h9c Da Nang Diều Thu trưởng cac dan vi liên quan cua Truong D?i h9c Ngo?i ngfr - D?i h9c Da Nang, nguòi hu&ng dfrn luận van va h9c viên c6 tên Nơi nhận: - Hiệu trưỏng (dS b/c); - Nhu diều 3; - Luu: VT, P.0T a Di€u can cú Quyết dinh thi hanh./ KT HIỆU TRƯỞNG TRƯỞNG ên Văn Long ... collect and analyze 100 samples of describing the humor strategies and then sort out the data into categories of humor linguistic strategies in TED TALKS We identify the category of the humor strategies, ... Frequency of humor strategies resulting from violating Maxim of Quantity in English speeches in the online channel of TED TALKS English speeches in TED TALKS Strategies Violating Maxim of Quantity... IN ENGLISH SPEECHES IN THE ONLINE CHANNEL OF TED TALKS 30 4.1.1 Irony strategy in English speeches in the online channel of TED TALKS 31 4.1.2 Exaggeration strategy in English speeches