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Humour to learn Mathematics: mathematical tasks to laugh and learn [PDF]
, 2021 Good mood and wellbeing make work and learning much easier. And this is what humour is really all about, to make people feel well and to make them laugh. Humour will minimise stressful situations and facilitate communication. Among the different forms of
Viseu, Floriano +6 more
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From the Humour of Science to (pedagogical uses for) the Science of Humour [PDF]
, 2016 Science is generally seen as a serious subject, yet scientific discoveries may sometimes have humorous aspects. Joking about science is often used as a coping strategy by the general public, as a means of dealing with feelings of inadequacy about the ...
Chateau - Smith, Carmela
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A reading of contemporary short stories dealing with food and humour [PDF]
, 2019 Playing with food could be funny! Reading about animated sandwiches could be hilarious. Writing about the adventures of vegetables, chocolate and toothpicks could be creative.
Gavriilidis, Sofia, Kalaitzi, Christina
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The Geordie joke: the role of humour in the reaffirmation of regional identity [PDF]
, 1990 There are two parallel themes involved in the construction of this thesis. One of these themes is the goal of showing the sociological relevance of the study of humour, and the other is the means to achieve the goal, by showing the role of humour in ...
Barton, Carl
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Analysis of Conversational Maxims Flouted to Achieve Verbal Humour in Churchill Show Stand-up Comedy Performances [PDF]
, 2023 Humour plays an important role in everyday human life. It created when language is used in a certain context to achieve humorous effects. There is an increased proliferation of verbal humour in stand-up comedies in Kenya recently.
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Uneasy Humour as Discovery: Collocation and Empathy as Whewellian Consilience [PDF]
, 2017 In about 350 BC Aristotle committed to writing in one of his major works (Metaphysics) what may well be judged today to be the most enduring linguistic and philosophical paradox of all time.
Louw, William
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Philosophical perspectives on humour and laughter [PDF]
, 1991 This dissertation looks at some of the most important theories of humour and laughter, and aims to consider how successful or otherwise those theories have been in explaining these complex phenomena.
Lippitt, John
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Harsh humour: a therapeutic discourse
, 2010 Humour research in healthcare has tended to focus on rehearsed as opposed to spontaneous humour. This paper reports an empirical example of spontaneous humour in healthcare interactions: a negative case analysis from a constructivist grounded theory ...
May McCreaddie, McCreaddie, May
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Healthy Humour: Villains and Viruses
, 2022 The series “Healthy Humour” – five humorous COVID-19 information clips created by science communication student Eliza Martin – has been shared with all ACT schools.
Martin, Eliza
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Humour in television series: an audiovisual analysis [PDF]
, 2022 openIl progetto riguarda l'analisi dello humour che accompagna una grande quantità di serie televisive degli ultimi anni: partendo da una spiegazione delle tipologie trovate che possono variare dal livello linguistico a quello sociale e culturale, si ...
MAGGIOLO, CHIARA
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