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Una manera posible de naturalizar el alma humana [PDF]

, 2009
One of the most basic linguistic principles (or parameters, according to some) is used to point to a likely necessary (though, probably, not sufficient) condition of human uniqueness (i.e.
Guijarro Morales, José Luis
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Keep it Light

Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2022
For the most part, information landscapes such as libraries are structured, organized, created, and used by the dominant groups. These spaces may be unfamiliar territory for many students.
Maha Kumaran, Tasha Maddison
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The sense in humour : a personal exploration of humour in the teaching of adults : some questions and tentative answers : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education in Adult Education at Massey University [PDF]

, 2007
This thesis is a personal exploration of the potential applications of humour in the teaching of adults. I have provided some questions and tentative answers about the use of humour in the facilitation of adult learning.
Watt, Iain J
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2 Laugh or not 2 love

The European Journal of Humour Research
Views and evaluations of humour are governed by sociocultural assumptions about what humour is, how it works, and where its limits lie. These assumptions are shaped by various forces, including states’ political histories, sociopolitical views and ...
Aleksandar Takovski, Nenad Markovikj
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Does Humour Influence Perceptions of the Ethicality of Female-Disparaging Advertising? [PDF]

, 2018
This article responds to calls for further research on ethical issues in advertising. The study examines whether advertising strategies which use female-disparaging themes are perceived as ethical, and what effect this has on ad and brand attitudes.
Balabanis, G., Grougiou, V., Manika, D.
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A Linguistic Analysis of The Use of Humour in Adébáyò̩ Fálétí’s Writings

Arbitrer, 2023
This study discussed strategies of humour in Adébáyọ̀ Àkàndé Fálétí’s writings. It interrogates how humour as a universal human interactional phenomenon is used to particularly entertain, checkmate human excesses and chastise societal ills in a ...
Dayo Akanmu, Francis Yede
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Laughing at Cancer Online: a corpus-based investigation of irreverent humour as coping [PDF]

, 2016
In the context of illnesses like cancer, humour and joking, especially gallows humour “that treats serious, frightening, or painful subject matter in a light or satirical way” (Watson 2011: 38), can still be socially unacceptable.
Demjen, Zsofia
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Don’t Confuse Your Conceptualists: Text, Humour and Conceptualism [PDF]

, 2013
This essay considers humour and contemporary art practice as cultural forces, through which the expression of the intangible is possible. These ideas are examined through my recent works: Everything I Know About History…, an installation in advertising ...

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Huumor ja/kui vägivald? Folkloristlik-lingvistiline lähenemine

Keel ja Kirjandus
"Humour and/as violence? A folkloristic-linguistic approach". Humour has long been viewed as a subversive phenomenon that points to the incongruities and shortcomings noticed and ridiculed by members of society.
Liisi Laineste, Władysław Chłopicki
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Men's Words in Women's Mouths: Why Misogynous Stereotypes are Humorous in the Old French Fabliaux [PDF]

, 2010
While many scholars have examined the subject of misogyny in Old French fabliaux in a number of contexts, no consensus has yet been reached on how the fabliaux can be considered humorous in the light of the stereotypes found therein.
Woods, Rebecca
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