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An Implemented Model of Punning Riddles

AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 1994
In this paper, we discuss a model of simple question-answer punning, implemented in a program, JAPE-1, which generates riddles from humour-independent lexical entries.
K. Binsted, Graeme D. Ritchie
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The interpretative non-prototypicality of puns as a factor in the emergence of humor and in phatic communication

Intercultural Pragmatics, 2023
Adopting the bounds of Sperber and Wilson’s relevance-theoretic framework, this paper examines the emergence of humor in puns and the way puns are used in phatic communication.
A. Solska
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A symbolic description of punning riddles and its computer implementation

arXiv.org, 1994
Riddles based on simple puns can be classified according to the patterns of word, syllable or phrase similarity they depend upon. We have devised a formal model of the semantic and syntactic regularities underlying some of the simpler types of punning ...
K. Binsted, Graeme D. Ritchie
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Punning and the Linguistic Sign

Linguistics, 1971
L. Kelly
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Puns and near puns in fables.

The Journal of general psychology, 2005
In previous research, (L. G. Lippman, K. Bennington, & I. L. Sucharski, 2002; L. G. Lippman & M. L. Dunn, 2000; L. G. Lippman, I. L. Sucharski, & K. Bennington, 2001), the body of the material (one-liners or fables) had been manipulated to increase its contextual connection to the final word or sentence.
Sarah L, Tragesser, Louis G, Lippman
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Aspects of Interlingual Ambiguity: Polyglot Punning

Quitte ou double sens, 2001
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Pun-intentionally sadistic: Is punning a manifestation of everyday sadism?

Personality and Individual Differences, 2023
Cody Gibson, Brad J. Sagarin
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Andrew Pun

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
"The most exciting thing about my research is seeing a cuvette light up when a new compound upconverts light… The best advice I have ever been given is that everyone's advice is based on personal experience. At some point you have to make your own way…" Find out more about Andrew Pun in his Introducing… Profile.
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Synesthesia, Creativity and Puns

Psychological Reports, 2004
The relationship between self-reported synesthesia, or sensory mixing, and verbal creativity as measured by the Remote Associates Test and pun generation was assessed. 210 participants responded online. Analysis yielded a significant correlation between scores on Synesthesia and Verbal Creativity as measured. The possibility that Synesthesia and Verbal
Sarah C, Sitton, Edward R, Pierce
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Pun

Notes and Queries
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