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The language of Nigerian stand-up comedy
The European Journal of Humour ResearchNigeria is complexly multilingual. Arising from this, Nigerian stand–up comedians employ a variety of linguistic strategies to communicate with the audience.
Emama Emmanuel Ogheneakpobor +1 more
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Examining the rhetorical strategies employed in the humorous discourse of Chinese talk shows
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2023 Researchers have pointed out that rhetorical strategies have a significant impact on producing humour in Chinese talk shows, while few of them have investigated the factors that affect the rhetorical choice in humorous discourse in that context.
Tianli Zhou +4 more
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Framing novelty in crowdfunding: Which words win support, where, and at what stakes
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary We examine how promotional language (“hype”) in reward‐based crowdfunding is associated with campaign success, and whether those associations vary across sector contexts and with campaign execution burden. Using dictionary‐based text measures from 635 U.S. Kickstarter campaigns across five sectors, we distinguish three novelty‐
Agnieszka Kwapisz
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The European Journal of Humour ResearchAlthough humour on social media has attracted much attention in discourse and communication studies, little research has investigated this context among Indonesian celebrity comedians.
Ismail Tahir
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Mixed feelings, mixed outcomes? When emotionally ambivalent framing enhances idea appreciation
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary Despite growing interest in how linguistic strategies shape audience responses to innovative ideas, prior evidence on the benefits of using emotional language remains mixed. Building on research on emotional ambivalence and social evaluation, we introduce the concept of emotionally ambivalent framing (i.e., the combination of ...
Donato Cutolo +2 more
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Humor in American Stand-up Comedies Addressing the Arabs: A Multimodal Discourse Analysis Study الفكاهة في الكوميديا الارتجالية الأمريكية حول العرب دراسة في تحليل الخطاب متعدد الوسائط [PDF]
Maǧallaẗ Buḥūṯ Al-Šarq Al-AwsaṭHumor in stand-up comedy has long been studied where humor is disputably attributed to the incongruity theory or to some linguistic tools such as pun or hyperbole.
ممدوح مصطفى امين العسقلانى
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Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper addresses a gap in the application of systems thinking to higher education programme design. We use the Complexity Theory of Outcome Creation (CTOC), a structured model for working in complexity, to analyse Simon Fraser University's Semester in Dialogue (SiD)—an innovative undergraduate programme applying the ideas of dialogic ...
Diane T. Finegood +2 more
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, 1995 Auto-performance, scripted or non-scripted, has characterized much Canadian performance in the last decade, especially in alternate venues. Comic monologuists like Karen Hines, Sandra Shamas, and Brigitte Gill explore the humour of the body, low humour ...
Dvorak, Marta
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Narrating self and topicality in AY and Elenu’s stand-up comedy
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2018 The narrative pattern and discursive strategies of stand-up comedy in Nigeria reveal some tropes and motifs that are contemporary to the socio-political realities of the country.
Azeez Akinwumi Sesan
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, 2021 This practice-based and auto-ethnographic research project explores the correlation between Tall Poppy Syndrome (TPS) and patriarchal femininity in the performances of female-identifying stand-up comedians in New Zealand.
Hill, Katherine (11184144)
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