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Practical jokes: don Delillo´s ratner´s star and literary games [PDF]
, 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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Is this a joke? Metalinguistic reflections on verbal jokes during the school years
EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages, 2016 The ability to produce and comprehend multiple meanings in words and expressions, such as those included in linguistic humor, develops during the school years and is directly related to the development of metalinguistic reflection.
Karina Hess Zimmermann
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Substandard linguistic items in Russian canned jokes
ШагиThis article analyzes Russian canned jokes with substandard linguistic items. Two types of such jokes are distinguished: (1) jokes where obscene words serve the point and (2) jokes where obscene words increase the humorous effect.
E. Ia. Shmeleva, A. D. Shmelev
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Globalisation and ethnic jokes: A new look on an old tradition in Belarus and Estonia
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2017 Christie Davies, the renowned humour researcher and a passionate propagator of the comparative method in studying jokes, stressed the necessity of establishing a relationship between two sets of social facts: the jokes themselves on the one hand, and the
Liisi Laineste, Anastasiya Fiadotava
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Translating Linguistic and Situation-based Jokes from Arabic into English
مجلة 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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Treasures in jokes and cartoons: You really must be joking! [PDF]
, 2007 Humour has been practically neglected in the teaching of English in Malaysia and Asia as well, perhaps due to the conservative nature of its people. Yet, we go through cartoons in the dailies, enjoy jokes over the radio and try by all means not to miss ...
Vellaykuti, Pokar
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Protein pyrophosphorylation by inositol pyrophosphates — detection, function, and regulation
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.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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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.The Ile181Asn variant of human UDP‐xylose synthase (hUXS1), associated with a short‐stature genetic syndrome, has previously been reported as inactive. Our findings demonstrate that Ile181Asn‐hUXS1 retains catalytic activity similar to the wild‐type but exhibits reduced stability, a looser oligomeric state, and an increased tendency to precipitate ...
Tuo Li +2 more
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“Yo mama so fat we had to run TWO studies”
The European Journal of Humour ResearchTwo studies examine factors associated with reactions to the popular mother joke format (i.e., jokes denigrating or disrespecting the audience’s mother), both in general (Study 1, n = 167 undergraduates, predominantly White) and for specific jokes ...
Andrew R. Olah +2 more
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BMC Research Notes, 2021 Objective In a previous study we demonstrated that the occurrence of sexual jokes in the class was associated with higher levels of psychological health complaints.
Sara Brolin Låftman +3 more
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