Reconsidering language teaching through a focus on humor

Formal language education is often predicated on a series of modernist fictions that greatly simplify the nature of language and the process of communication. Acts of linguistic creativity involving humor and language play are frequently either ignored or considered deviant. In this paper, we contri...

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Main Authors: Nancy Bell, Anne Pomerantz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: E-JournALL 2014-11-01
Series:EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages
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Online Access:https://e-journall.org/index.php/ejall/article/view/2376905x-1-15/2074