Discourse Markers of Humor Analysis in Trevor Noah’s Stand-Up Comedy

Discourse markers have been widely studied in various discourses such as political discourse, legal, media and even daily conversation. However, there is still a lack of discourse research humor studies. This study was projected to identify the linguistic aspects genre utterances stand-up comedy performed by Trevor Noah one most influential comedians. In addition, those aspect markers. The data were taken from Noah’s Video entitle "Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's Royal Wedding" Live at O2 London. Afterward, analyzed using theoretical framework marker its pragmatic functions introduced Brinton (1996). reveals that are several types used comedy, “ah”, “and”, “like”, “oh”, “alright”, “then”, “huh”, “well”, “yes/no”, “I know/knew”. all different functions, sometimes serves more than functions.