Raised eyebrows as gestural triggers in humour: The case of sarcasm and hyper-understanding
The growing interest in humour within the field of Cognitive Linguistics during the past few years has led to the conclusion that humour exploits inferences through linguistic imagery and is highly creative. Following Yus (2003: 1299), we assume that humour uses discourse markers that allow the audi...
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Language: | English |
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Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies
2014-10-01
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Series: | The European Journal of Humour Research |
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Online Access: | https://europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/56 |