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Humour and the creative powers of language, or when sentiments turn into centiments

open access: yesTaikomoji kalbotyra, 2016
Humour is part of human communication and can serve as an effective means for making contact, finding a way out of an embarrassing situation, or mitigating different political and social tensions.
Inesa Šeškauskienė   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

English Translation of Verbal Humour in Egyptian Comedy Films

open access: yesWorld Journal of English Language, 2023
Humour is deeply rooted in culture and may differ remarkably across societies. Translating humour interlingually necessitates navigating cultural variations and references, mainly because humour often relies on language-specific elements such as puns, idiomatic expressions and wordplay. Translating these linguistic features while preserving the comedic
Rafal Al-Ezzi, Isra Al-Qudah
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An investigation on the types of humour in English Language Teaching among Malaysian lecturers in higher education

open access: yesThe European Journal of Humour Research
Humour in English Language Teaching (ELT) is known to be beneficial for both the educators and students. However, the literature addressing the types of humour used by Malaysian lecturers in higher education on this matter are yet to be explored.
Arif Hakimi Zulazli   +5 more
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Transcreating humour for (re)dubbing into Arabic

open access: yesThe European Journal of Humour Research, 2022
The transfer of humorous elements in audio-visual texts is a challenging task as verbal expressions heavily rely on witty wordplay and are visually bound.
Rashid Yahiaoui
doaj   +1 more source

MULTIMODAL HUMOUR ON OVERPOPULATION IN JOEL PETT’S ENVIRONMENTAL CARTOONS

open access: yesMokslo Taikomieji Tyrimai Lietuvos Kolegijose, 2021
Cartoonists’ skill to reveal important problems, to influence and construct public opinion has become a great power. This study examines humour as a social instrument and focuses on the expression of humour, or irony in particular, in famous American ...
Živilė Nemickienė   +2 more
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Hybrid humour as cultural translation: The example of Beur humour

open access: yesThe European Journal of Humour Research, 2019
Humour is a phenomenon that is pervasive in the human heritage in all its different ethnic and cultural diversity; however, humorous effects might exceed the mere pleasure or laughter to serve as a strategy of survival.
Merouan Bendi
doaj   +1 more source

PENGANTAR KOMUNIKASI NON VERBAL [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Komunikasi verbal (verbal communication) adalah bentuk komunikasi yang disampaikan oleh komunikator kepada komunikator secara tertulis (tertulis) atau secara lisan (lisan). Komunikasi verbal mengambil bagian besar.
Lestari, Dewi; UIN SUMATERA UTARA   +7 more
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A series of experiments on humour perception and memorization – a case of humour associations and remembering humorous stories

open access: yesThe European Journal of Humour Research, 2015
Four experiments with 48 participants were conducted to study humour perception and memorization. A computerized method (FVW) from Vienna Test System was used (Kessler, Pietrzyk & Puhr, 2003), as well as humour associations, the recall of three funny ...
Stanislava Stoyanova
doaj   +1 more source

Anatomy of social media humour in Ghana

open access: yesThe European Journal of Humour Research
This study examines the use of humour on Ghanaian social media through a multimodal lens, focusing on how content creators use different modes such as verbal and multimodal (images, memes, and cartoons) modes to engage the audience. Drawing on Kress and
Andani Kholinar   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Applications of Cognitive Mechanism of Verbal Humour to the Adjustment of Depressive Mood [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science, 2018
Aims: To apply the findings of neurolinguistic research to the practical technological artifact design, the cognitive mechanism of verbal humour is comprehensively investigated and designed with EEG-based Brain Computer interfaces and Mobile Health, under the guidance of technology design theory, to help with the adjustment of depressive mood ...
Li, Xueyan, Wang, Huili, Wang, Xiaolu
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