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    How to do things with jokes: Speech acts in standup comedy by Debra Aarons, Marc Mierowsky

    Published 2017-12-01
    “…How to do things with jokes: Speech acts in standup comedy In How to Do Things with Words (1962), the philosopher John Austin claimed that we use words to do things in the world, not merely to express a state of affairs. …”
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    Just kidding? Two roles for the concept of joking in political speech by Walker, Z

    Published 2023
    “…In this paper, I discuss two roles for the concept of joking in political speech. First, I discuss how claiming to have been joking can provide speakers with a powerful form of deniability. …”
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    Joke structures and politeness strategies in Malaysian stand-up comedy by Chan, Teik Onn

    Published 2018
    “…The findings revealed that the joke structure in political jokes lack buildups to specify the topic. …”
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    A Practical Joke in Public Sphere – a Polish Case Study by Dorota Brzozowska

    Published 2017-06-01
    “…The aim of the paper is to show multiple layers of discourse and the consequences of a particular practical joke that has been played at a local public event and has become a theme for media coverage nationwide. …”
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    Commentary piece: Sociocultural characteristics of Montenegrins – the negative message in positive jokes by Edyta Koncewicz-Dziduch

    Published 2017-07-01
    Subjects: “…ethnic groups, nations, ethnic jokes, stereotypes, montenegrins, laziness…”
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    Online Humour, Cartoons, Videos, Memes, Jokes and Laughter in the Epoch of the Coronavirus by Christine Nicholls

    Published 2020-11-01
    “…From the onset of the indefinite deferral of our previously taken-for-granted lives, an abundance of humorous online cartoons, jokes, memes, videos and other satirical material relating to the COVID-19 outbreak—and its consequences—has emerged. …”
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    Neural Correlates of Hostile Jokes: Cognitive and Motivational Processes in Humor Appreciation by Yu-Chen Chan, Yi-Jun Liao, Cheng-Hao Tu, Hsueh-Chih Chen

    Published 2016-10-01
    “…Hostile jokes provide aggressive catharsis and a feeling of superiority. …”
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