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This paper reports on an exploratory study examining joke identification, appreciation and comprehension by Spanish intermediate ESL learners. The study is based on a relevance-theoretic classification of jokes, which assumes that humorousness results ...
Santiago Arróniz Parra +1 more
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The Challenge of American Folklore to the Humanities
American Folklore consists of traditional knowledge and cultural practices engaged by inhabitants of the United States below Canada and above Mexico.
Simon J. Bronner
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Tegelased eesti etnilises huumoris [PDF]
The study provides an overview of Estonian ethnic humour over the last century (1890-2004), focusing on three periods: the end of the 19th century, the Soviet period, and the years following Estonia's regained independence.
Liisi Laineste
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JOKES AS THE SOURCE OF STUDY STEREOTYPIC IMAGE OF REGION (ОN AN EXAMPLE OF JOKES ABOUT SIBERIA)
The humorous discourse is considered an important source of stereotypic images of the Russian regions. As it reflects territorial peculiarities and their inhabitants, reveals the attitude to various regions in the society, the linguistic analysis of ...
Olga N. Kondratyeva
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« Impossible nepagoloi » ou le jeu dans les dictionnaires d’associations évoquées par les mots
Word association dictionaries are built on reaction to a given lexical stimulus (min 500 responses to one stimulus). Most reactions can be explained by logical relationships based on the meaning of the given stimulus. However, some of these reactions are
Michèle Debrenne
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Is it possible to joke about everything? Are there topics that we should not joke about? Is it possible to say which jokes are good and which are wrong or are jokes simply beyond good and evil?
Jan Josl
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Did Łukasz Górnicki in “Dworzanin polski” and Baldassare Castiglione in “Il Libro del Cortegiano” think that women have no sense of humor? --- This article is an attempt to determine whether Łukasz Górnicki and Baldassarre Castiglione really thought ...
Anna Maciejewska
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Political joke as an alternative literary form to official literature in the Moldavian SSR [PDF]
The article analyzes the relationship between the political joke as an alternative literary form to official literature in the Moldavian SSR and the socio-political context.
Ana Maria RUSNAC
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Protein pyrophosphorylation by inositol pyrophosphates — detection, function, and regulation
Protein pyrophosphorylation is an unusual signaling mechanism that was discovered two decades ago. It can be driven by inositol pyrophosphate messengers and influences various cellular processes. Herein, we summarize the research progress and challenges of this field, covering pathways found to be regulated by this posttranslational modification as ...
Sarah Lampe +3 more
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‘Getting a joke’ always requires resolving an apparent incongruity but the particular cognitive operations called upon vary depending on the nature of the joke itself.
Yu-Chen eChan, Joseph P. Lavallee
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