Have media texts become more humorous?

As a research topic, humour has drawn much attention from multiple disciplines including linguistics. Based on Engelthaler & Hills’ (2018) humour scale, this study developed a measure named Humour Index (HMI) to quantify the degree of humour of texts. This measure was applied to examine the dia...

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Main Authors: Haoran Zhu, Yueqing Deng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies 2023-09-01
Series:The European Journal of Humour Research
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Online Access:http://europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/810