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Incongruity, Vagueness, and Pertinence: A Defence of Noël Carroll’s Incongruity Theory of Humour [PDF]
EstetikaThis article defends Noël Carroll’s incongruity theory of humour from the pressing criticism that his articulation of incongruity is too vague to serve as a key notion of the theory. I first distinguish between two versions of the criticism of vagueness:
Michela Bariselli
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TONGUE-TWISTERS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE INCONGRUITY THEORY IN HUMOR [PDF]
Zeitschrift für die Welt der Türken, 2010 Tongue-twisters play an important role in our daily life. It is considered both as an independent genre and a subgenre of puzzle, fairy tale, lullaby, game and traditional Turkish theatre.
Funda ÖRGE YAŞAR
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The Effect of Incongruity in Viral Advertising Design on Digital Recipient Engagement Levels
Journal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science, 2020 The viral ad is based on digital recipient engagement with it, which helps the ad reach the largest audience. In the digital context such as the social networking site Facebook, there are different levels for the digital recipient engagement with the ad (
Tamer Abdel Latif +2 more
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Relevance theory, humour, and the narrative structure of humorous novels
Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses, 2000 Recent work on the application of relevance theory to humorous speech-acts (jokes) defines these as being characterised by an increased demand in processing effort for the attainment of maximum contextual effects.
Larkin Galiñanes, Cristina
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PLoS ONE, 2019 For small-scale societies, transitions from self-sufficiency to cash-based labor in market economies have been associated with the exacerbation of existing, and the emergence of new, social incongruities.
Alan Frank Schultz
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Theory for incongruent crystallization: Application to a ZBLAN glass [PDF]
Journal of Materials Science, 1992 Equations which describe incongruent nucleation and subsequent crystal growth are derived. A ZrF4-BaF2-LaF3-AlF3-NaF (ZBLAN) glass was used to test the validity of these equations. Nucleation rate measurements were fitted to theory and some growth rate measurements were in reasonable agreement with theor. predictions. Both nucleation theory and crystal
de Leede, G.L.A. +3 more
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Incongruencies between phonological theory and phonetic measurement [PDF]
Phonology, 2020 To assess a phonological theory, we often compare its predictions to phonetic observations. This can be complicated, however, because it requires a theoretical model that maps from phonological representations to articulatory and acoustic observations.
Mücke, Doris, Hermes, Anne, Tilsen, Sam
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A computational model of poetry appreciation based on a spreading activation network and the incongruity resolution theory [PDF]
In the studies of aesthetic appreciation, poetry has received less attention than other art forms.Furthermore, although a number of recent studies have focused on the factors that influence poetry appreciation, very few attempts have been made to explain
Utsumi, Akira +2 more
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Incongruous Names: the Humorous Coinage and Use of Proper Names
Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, 2021 This paper analyses how proper names fit in the incongruity resolution theory of humor, more specifically Bergson (1911)’s theory of humor as rigidification (and related distraction and exaggeration).
Manon Philippe
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The Downside of CFO Function-Based Language Incongruity
, 2021 The prior literature on role congruity theory has revolved around demographic-based expectations, emphasizing role incongruity derived from a mismatch between prescriptive expectations of distinct roles.
Shi, W +9 more
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