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Revisiting intertextuality and humour: fresh perspectives on a classic topic

The European Journal of Humour Research, 2020
In humour research, intertextuality has been extensively studied with the aim of understanding how humorous texts are constructed on the basis of previous texts. In this paper, we elaborate on the sociopragmatic functions of intertextuality, pointing out
Villy Tsakona, Jan Chovanec
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Etymology and entomology: The semiotics and ethics of multispecies gene nomenclatures

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, August 2026.
Abstract This article examines controversies surrounding gene names that are perceived as humorous in the context of fruit flies but are considered rude in the clinical context of human medicine. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in insect laboratories, interviews with entomologists and geneticists, and an analysis of scientific and clinical ...
Colin M. E. Halverson
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Machado, espectador de Alencar: a cena interdiscursiva na segunda metade do século XIX

Terra Roxa e Outras Terras: Revista de Estudos Literários, 2016
Essas anotações se debruçam sobre a peça alencariana “O que é o casamento?”, de 1861, e prosa ficcional de Machado de Assis, em seu conto “Curiosidade”, de 1879.
Valeria Rosito
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Sidelining Mitigation: Climate Delay Discourses Among Municipal Legislators in Southeastern Brazil

Environmental Policy and Governance, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 685-700, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how municipal legislators frame climate mitigation and how these framings shift responsibility, narrow the perceived scope of municipal authority, and reduce the urgency or feasibility of local action. We analyzed 31 interviews with city councilors serving on Permanent Environmental Committees across municipalities in ...
Tainá Yumi Patriani
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Quand une série télévisée interroge et joue avec les textes sacrés… Ainsi soient-ils au prisme de l’intertextualité et de la métatextualité

TV Series, 2017
In a society marked by secularization, the Danielle Hervieu-leger’s concept of “exculturation” reports the process of “disconnection”, a kind of disruption between the plural social collective culture and that one of the church.
Benoît Verdier
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On Being Receptive: Listening and Compliance on a University Campus

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 2, Page 249-258, June 2026.
ABSTRACT How should you listen when you hear about harms in interpersonal life, such as sexual harassment or anti‐Black racism? Across a range of sites on a university campus, from bystander intervention workshops to reporting systems for sex‐ and gender‐based misconduct, we spotlight the way “listening” is mobilized to address harms of various kinds ...
Michael Lempert, Benjamin Davis, Alex Forrest   +2 more
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Interdiscursivity functions of incident reports [PDF]

, 2017
Professional communication ensures efficient work procedures in the professional world. In understanding the professional world, discursive realities such as the use of professional genres, professional cultures and professional practices need to be ...
Habil, Hadina, Abdul Rahman, Nor Aini, Osman, Hajibah   +2 more
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Mother tongue instruction as a sticky object: The making of a register of denunciation

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract This article examines the making of a political register to denounce mother tongue instruction (MTI) in Sweden. Nationally mandated since 1977, MTI is a state‐sponsored, curriculum‐stipulated subject for minority pupils of over 187 languages other than Swedish.
Scarlett Mannish, Linus Salö
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Interdiscursivity in Luka Bekavac's novel Drenje [PDF]

, 2021
Tema ovog završnog rada analiza je interdiskurzivnih elementa u romanu Drenje Luke Bekavca. Prvi dio rada predstavit će temeljne teorijske pojmove kao što su „diskurz“, „interdiskurzivnost“, „intertekstualnost“ i „intermedijalnost“.
Alić, Noela
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L’argumentation dans la formation des groupes protestataires : du conflit d’aménagement au militantisme environnemental

Argumentation et Analyse du Discours, 2015
This article discusses the role of argumentation in the development of environmental activism during land-development conflicts. Argumentation is analyzed here on three levels: First, protest groups must integrate and incorporate pro-environmental ...
Aurélien Allouche
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