Cognitive Aspects in War-time Ukrainian Humorous Discourse by Oleg V. Kharchenko

“…The paper reveals the main cognitive patterns, including the “Availability Heuristic,” the “Distinct contrast,” the “Negativity Thinking,” the “Superiority or Illusionary Superiority,” the “Easel,” and their humorous actualization through such stylistic figures as paraprosdokian, irony, bathos, double entendre, pun, metaphor, and pastiche in its narrow meaning. …”
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