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Conversational Humor in Intercultural Communication
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 488-497, February 2026.ABSTRACT This study identifies failed attempts at conversational humor that were either not appreciated or resulted in impoliteness as produced by English as a lingua franca (ELF) users from the Southeast Asian countries of Thailand, Indonesia, and Myanmar who were engaging in intercultural communication.
Zhaoyi Pan
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Short and sweet? Structuring Humor and Morality in American Sitcoms
Angles, 2015 Seinfeld (NBC, 1989-1998), perhaps the most popular sitcom of recent years, famously insisted it was a show about nothing, about the pettiest details of everyday life.
Shannon Wells-Lassagne
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Humorous and Non-Humorous Effects in Sitcoms: a Relevance-Theoretic Perspective
Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia Linguistica, 2020 Humorous utterances can be divided into those which are created for their own sake (that is, to amuse others), dubbed autotelic humour, and those which communicate truthful and/or untruthful meanings germane to the ongoing conversation, dubbed speaker ...
Magdalena Wieczorek
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Social and Personality Psychology Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT Volitional reconsumption—the deliberate choice to rewatch movies and television episodes already seen—is an increasingly common and economically significant form of contemporary media use enabled by on‐demand and mobile streaming. This article synthesizes research tracing how reconsumption has evolved from broadcast‐era reruns to a ...
Karen E. Shackleford +4 more
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La sitcom: nueva forma de comicidad, consumo, divertimento e Identidad en la postmodernidad
Cuadernos de Lingüística Hispánica, 2016 Este artículo tiene como objetivo principal reflexionar sobre la noción de lo cómico en la sociedad postmoderna y su representación en el escenario televisivo: la Sitcom; con el fin de hacer un acercamiento comprensivo a las dinámicas y relaciones ...
DORIS ADRIANA GALINDO CASTELBLANCO +1 more
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Making fun of the standard tongue: Enregisterment, social difference, and Kurdish language humor
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 35, Issue 3, December 2025.Abstract This article analyzes how humor around contrasts between standard and non‐standard Northern, i.e., Kurmanji, Kurdish spoken in Turkey contributes to the enregisterment of standard Kurdish, arguing that Kurdish language jokes promote the recognition and, to different degrees, uptake of standardized linguistic repertoires among differently ...
Patrick C. Lewis
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Acting for the Cameras: Performance in the Multi-Camera Sitcom [PDF]
, 2008 "The multi-camera sitcom is dying out. It'll go the way of the vaudeville variety show," remarks Janet Kagan, script supervisor on How I Met Your Mother.
Christine Becker
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Transforming the traditional sitcom: Abed in Community
TV Series, 2012 At first glance, NBC’s freshman comedy Community appears to be the perfect example of a high-concept sitcom: the main character Jeff Winger is a lawyer who has been disbarred for fake diplomas, and who therefore has to go back to school at a community ...
Shannon Wells-Lassagne
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The Last Word: The Prattling, Tattling Parrots of Popular Lore
The Journal of Popular Culture, Volume 58, Issue 6, Page 290-299, December 2025.ABSTRACT Garrulous parrots appear in a wide array of pop culture forms—from urban legends, television sitcoms, and advertising, to comics, pulp detective fiction, and jokes (naming a few). The birds can be helpful, clever agents; but more often they are mischief makers challenging social norms. Among the pandemonium of parrots in expressive culture, we
Greg Kelley
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Menulis Sitcom: Mencontohi Pi Mai Pi Mai Tang Tu
, 2018 Sitcom Pi Mai Pi Mai Tang Tu adalah sejarah dalam dunia penyiaran di Malaysia. Sitcom ini menjadi program televisyen yang bertahan paling lama, bermula tahun 1985 dan berterusan selama hampir 18 tahun. Inilah sejarah yang tercipta oleh dua orang karyawan
Khan, Hatta Azad
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