The Cooperative Principle proposed by Grice is one of the most important pragmatic principles. An analysis from perspective cooperative principle conducted on selected humorous utterance American TV Series Friends. four maxims provide a relatively reasonable explanation towards mechanism behind utterance. aim to bring readers more profound understanding and appreciation nature humor.

According to the Knowledge Account of Assertion, assertions are governed by the rule that One must: assert that p only if one knows that p. Some philosophers oppose recent arguments for the Knowledge Account by claiming that assertion, being an act much like any other, will be subject to norms governing acts generally, such as those articulated by Grice for the purpose of successful, cooperati...