The language of humour: the humour of language irony and humour in interpersonal verbal encounters
In this paper the problem of verbal humour and irony is approached from a sociolinguistic perspective, starting from the Semantic Script Theory of Humour (Raskin 1985), which establishes that all humour involves a semantic-pragmatic process. Humour should be understood and appreciated shared socio-c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti
2008-01-01
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| Series: | Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | http://bwpl.unibuc.ro/index.pl/the_language_of_humour_the_humour_of_language_irony_and_humour_in_interpersonal_verbal_encounters |