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Humor mechanisms in film comedy : incongruity and superiority
, 2002 In humor studies, incongruity and superiority are traditionally regarded as two independent concepts. Taken separately, each concept both under- and over-determines the field of humorous phenomena.
Jeroen Vandaele, Vandaele, Jeroen
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Jenny Diski’s Comic Spirit or the Courage to Confront the Demons of Her Past
AtlantisIn her work, Jenny Diski has dealt with her personal issues with clarity and extraordinary realism. In In Gratitude (2016) Diski explores her past and especially her relationship with her parents. In spite of all the pain they inflicted on her, Diski has
Aída Díaz Bild
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Incongruity in Humour: Root Cause or Epiphenomenon?
, 2004 Humour and incongruity appear to be constant bedfellows, for at the heart of every joke one can point to some degree of absurdity, illogicality or violation of expectation.
Tony Veale Department, Tony Veale
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Incongruity between Ads and Consumer Expectations of Advertising [PDF]
, 2002 Joost Loef (1973) studied Business Economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam and graduated in 1997. In September 1997 he continued his stay at the Erasmus University to carry out his doctoral research.
Loef, J. (Joost), Loef, J, Loef, J.
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Modal scenarios, topoi and incongruity in expressive constructions
CogniTextesThis paper is a contribution to the reflection on the semantic and pragmatic interface in Construction Grammar. Using the example of a particular construction, the Incongruous Sanction Construction, it shows the role played by the notions of modal ...
Dominique Legallois
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Incongruity and Nostalgia in Sarah Binks
, 1978 In Paul Hiebert's Sarah Binks, incongruity between what is real and what is perceived or fancied is sustained at all levels, thus maintaining throughout the contrast necessary for humour.
Noonan, Gerald A.
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Effects Of Complexity, Incongruity And Content On Cartoon Humor Appreciation.
, 1974 Jerry M. Suls proposed an information processing model for the understanding of cartoon humor. The model describes two processes involved in humor appreciation: recognizing the incongruity (the incongruity variable), and finding a logical explanation ...
Goodkind, Robert
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Difficulty scaling through incongruity
, 2008 In this paper we discuss our work on using the incongruity measure from psychological literature to scale the difficulty level of a game online to the capabilities of the human player.
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