Jokes and the instantiation of conflicting scripts
The present paper is an attempt to highlight that while joke reception entails the successive activation of two scripts which do not normally co-occur, the second script, triggered by the punchline is not opposed to the first, but suspends and challenges expectations created by the first script. Thi...
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| description | The present paper is an attempt to highlight that while joke reception entails the successive activation of two scripts which do not normally co-occur, the second script, triggered by the punchline is not opposed to the first, but suspends and challenges expectations created by the first script. This claim will be illustrated by discussing several jocular conversations from sitcoms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e3b7b94ff177402695dee6d5764d7cb32022-12-21T21:17:29ZengEditura Universitatii din BucurestiBucharest Working Papers in Linguistics2069-92392007-01-01IX27484Jokes and the instantiation of conflicting scriptsDaniela SoreaThe present paper is an attempt to highlight that while joke reception entails the successive activation of two scripts which do not normally co-occur, the second script, triggered by the punchline is not opposed to the first, but suspends and challenges expectations created by the first script. This claim will be illustrated by discussing several jocular conversations from sitcoms.http://bwpl.unibuc.ro/index.pl/jokes_and_the_instantiation_of_conflicting_scriptsjoke receptionscriptsjocular conversationssitcoms |
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