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A Complexity Science Account of Humor

open access: yesEntropy, 2023
A common assumption of psychological theories of humor is that experienced funniness results from an incongruity between stimuli provided by a verbal joke or visual pun, followed by a sudden, surprising resolution of incongruity.
Wolfgang Tschacher, Hermann Haken
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A Pragmatic Analysis of Implicatures in Covid-19 Coronavirus English Jokes

open access: yesمجلة الآداب, 2022
The present study aims at examining implicature in covid-19 Coronavirus jokes in the light of a neo-Gricean approach. For carrying out a meaningful analysis of jokes, an eclectic model is adopted.
Sahira Mousa Salman   +2 more
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Logic and reasoning in jokes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
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Ritchie, Graeme
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Canned jokes in Russian public political discourse

open access: yesThe European Journal of Humour Research, 2013
The paper addresses a well-documented genre of Russian canned jokes from a socio-pragmatic perspective. The goal of the paper is twofold: firstly, it aims at examining a relatively new phenomenon of telling jokes in public political discourse.
Ksenia Shilikhina
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KOHESI GRAMATIKAL DAN LEKSIKAL DALAM KUMPULAN JOKES "THE GOD LOVES GOLFERS" KARYA RAY FOLEY

open access: yesPrasasti: Journal of Linguistics, 2018
Penelitian ini menganalisis kumpulan jokes berbahasa Inggris. Pendekatan yang dilakukan dalam penelitian ini menggunakan analisis wacana. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk: (1) mendeskripsikan penanda kohesi gramatikal dalam teks jokes karya Ray Foley, (
Sri Wahyuni Samaratul Zanah   +2 more
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“Who sharpens the knives in my house?” Belarusian jokes about adultery at the turn of the 21st century

open access: yesThe European Journal of Humour Research, 2018
This paper is a tribute to Belarusian folklorist and ethnographer Uladzimir Sysou (1951-1997) whose extensive legacy includes collecting 139 jokes during his field research in southern Belarus in 1995.
Anastasiya Fiadotava
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Translating Linguistic and Situation-based Jokes from Arabic into English

open access: yesمجلة الآداب, 2022
Jokes have increasingly become the medium through which people in different Arab countries express their concerns. Social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are full of jokes tackling various spheres of life.
Tawffeek Abdou Saeed Mohammed Al-Kenani
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Practical jokes: don Delillo´s ratner´s star and literary games [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
“Literary games” are strategies employed by writers to draw attention to, to disrupt, and even to subvert the conventions of literary production and reading.
Pritchard, Simon J.
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Gender stereotypes depicted in online sexist jokes

open access: yesThe European Journal of Humour Research, 2019
This research aimed to explore gender stereotypes depicted in online sexist jokes collected from laughfactory.com. Linguistically speaking, jokes as a subtype of humour have become a common phenomenon in our everyday lives.
Anastasia Nelladia Cendra   +2 more
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Stereotypy w dowcipach macedońskich [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The goal of the article Stereotypes in Macedonian Jokes is to demonstrate that jokes are based on stereotypes which tend to be consolidated and disseminated by means of jokes.
Błaszak, Magdalena
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