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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Main Authors: Sabina Tabacaru, Maarten Lemmens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies 2014-10-01
Series:The European Journal of Humour Research
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Online Access:https://europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/56