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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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Gender stereotypes depicted in online sexist jokes
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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Translating Linguistic and Situation-based Jokes from Arabic into English
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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Substandard linguistic items in Russian canned jokes
This 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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Is this a joke? Metalinguistic reflections on verbal jokes during the school years
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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Huumoripoleemikad ja uurijaeetika [PDF]
The link between jokes and social reality is visible in the way that jokes adapt to different socio-political contexts by dealing with the most salient issues of such contexts.
Liisi Laineste
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Globalisation and ethnic jokes: A new look on an old tradition in Belarus and Estonia
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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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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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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