The language of humour: the humour of language irony and humour in interpersonal verbal encounters
Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics, 2008 In this paper the problem of verbal humour and irony is approached from a sociolinguistic perspective, starting from the Semantic Script Theory of Humour (Raskin 1985), which establishes that all humour involves a semantic-pragmatic process.
Zsuzsanna Ajtony
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Humour in the post-war press: short stories of Gloria Fuertes in the falangist magazine Maravillas [PDF]
, 2019 The Spanish civil war entailed an impasse in the development of press as a communication platform. In fact, its instrumentalization for propaganda purposes explains its role in the consolidation of the new State.
Ballesteros-Aguayo, Lucía +1 more
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Barnboken: Tidskrift för BarnlitteraturforskningTheme: Children's Literature Reviews - How, Where and Who? Ill. Jenny Nyström from Barnkammarens bok, 1882. ”An incurable grouch”: The Critical Assessment of Humour in Astrid Lindgren’s Pippi Books in Sweden and Norway Astrid Lindgren’s books ...
Kristoffer Jul-Larsen
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Deconstructive humour: subverting Mexican and Chicano stereotypes in ‘Un Día Sin Mexicanos’ [PDF]
, 2012 a long time, US cinema developed unshakeable stereotypes of Mexican ‘otherness’, with characters of Mexican cultural and ethnic heritage stigmatised as criminals or as sensual objects of desire.
Barrow, Sarah
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Qualitative investigation of the role of collaborative football and walking football groups in mental health recovery [PDF]
, 2017 Efforts to increase physical activity levels in people with serious mental health conditions are viewed as desirable but little is known about how best to support this group to engage in exercise over extended periods.
Dickens, Geoffrey L. +4 more
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Creative Teaching for Tomorrow: Fostering a Creative State of Mind Deal [PDF]
, 2009 `Creative Teaching for Tomorrow: Fostering a Creative State of Mind' is a study by distinguished authors Teresa Cremin, Jonathan Barnes and Stephen Scoffham.
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The comic of the heroes – a case study of the role of humour in reflecting national identity [PDF]
Brno studies in English, 2017 The paper deals with the role of humour in relation to myth-making in a small nation. Analysing an essay by a modern Slovak historian, the text documents how the collective awareness of the national insignificance of a community in search of its identity can be subject to subtle comic treatment.
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Singing in a new world: Scotland - hopeless schizophrenic or cosmopolitan post nation? [PDF]
, 2009 Rival views of Scotland at the beginning of the twenty-first century see the nation as either, hopelessly schizophrenic, mired in its own bedevilled tartanry and forever salvaging the present through historic erasure or as a cosmopolitan postnation at ...
Farrell, M.
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The therapeutic use of videogames within secure forensic settings: a review of the literature and application to practice [PDF]
, 2004 Engagement in leisure pursuits that involves the use of tools and objects and the exploration of a new environment can provide a success experience that leads to increased feelings of competence and mastery.
Gooch, P., Living, R.
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International Sport Coaching JournalThe purpose of this study was to explore interpretations and implications of head coaches’ use of humour in three national Paralympic teams from the perspective of athletes and integrated support staff. We conducted six focus groups with 19 Paralympic athletes and individual interviews with 10 support staff members across the teams.
Danielle Alexander-Urquhart +3 more
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