With the development of pragmatics, there are more and more researches on humor from the perspective of cooperative principle. Many researchers have made extensive research on the verbal humor of various sitcoms from the perspective of violating the cooperative principle, but there is little research on the work The Neighborhood. Humorous language is the soul of sitcom. Therefore, it is valuable to study verbal humor in sitcoms from the perspective of violating cooperative principle. This study uses the qualitative method to analyze the verbal humor of the American sitcom The Neighborhood, and explores the process of the characters' violation of the cooperative principle to produce humor, as well as their understanding of the inherent laws of humor. It explains how the characters violate the four principles of cooperation in different ways to achieve verbal humor. The results show that the main reasons for violating the cooperative principle to achieve humorous effects are: covering up the facts, avoiding embarrassment, sarcasm, changing the topic and so on.

An Naer. A Study on Verbal Humor in the Neighborhood from the Perspective of Violating Cooperative Principle. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2023) Vol. 6, Issue 11: 94-103. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2023.061115.

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