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Humor as a representation of community identity

The European Journal of Humour Research
The presence of humour in every human activity makes it an interesting object of research to explore from the perspective of culture, language, function, and discourse mechanism. The aim of this research is discovering how verbal humour can represent the
Ronny Yudhi Septa Priana, Siti Karlinah, Dadang Rahmat Hidayat, Dian Wardiana Sjuchro   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘School is their whole world’: Teachers' perspectives on loneliness among children and adolescents from England and mainland China

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract As front‐line observers and active participants in pupils' daily lives, teachers closely monitor pupils' social interactions, emotional states and behavioural changes. Their unique perspective enables them to detect problems in the social lives of their pupils that may not be immediately visible to peers, parents or mental health professionals.
Yixuan Zheng, Charlotte Bagnall, Caroline Bond, Elizabeth Birchinall, Pamela Qualter   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Verbal humour in Pataclaun: the phenomenon of paronomasy

Lengua y Sociedad, 2018
El artículo contiene una recopilación de algunos diálogos presentados en el programa Pataclaun (1997-1999) que permiten la visualización y explicación del fenómeno de la paronomasia, definido por López (2005) como un juego del lenguaje que involucra a fenómenos lingüísticos como la polisemia, paronimia, homonimia y resegmentación.
Mendoza Villanueva, Mariana, Paredes Castillo, Lucero   +1 more
openaire   +1 more source

Between soft power and suspicion: Chinese international students as diasporic actors in U.S.‐China geopolitical tensions

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
wiley   +1 more source

On the use of scale distortion for visual humour

The European Journal of Humour Research
In contrast to verbal humour, visual humour remains a relatively underdeveloped area of research. In this exploratory study, we investigate whether scale incongruity – i.e., discrepancy between the expected and actual experience of the size of an object 
Clara Swaboda, Tristan Miller
doaj   +1 more source

The trickster and the prison house: The Bakhtinian dimension of ‘the carnivalesque’ in Breyten Breytenbach’s True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist

Literator, 1995
This paper undertakes an analysis of Breytenbach’s prison book in terms of the autobiographer's psychological response to his experience of incarceration.
I. Dimitriu
doaj   +1 more source

What is a curriculum for life? Using youth participatory action research and applied arts to understand and amplify undergraduate students', children's and young people's mental health and wellbeing recommendations for education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Mental health is a critical issue globally, with young people being one of the most affected groups. Young people have campaigned vehemently for a ‘curriculum for life,’ arguing that their education is failing to meet their needs (British Council, 2022).
Lisa Stephenson, Helen Young
wiley   +1 more source

Humour discourse in ESL classrooms

The European Journal of Humour Research
This critical literature review explores the functions, pedagogical applications, and implications of humour discourse in English as a Second Language (ESL) classrooms, drawing on ten empirical studies published between 2021 and 2025.
Ali Sorayyaei Azar, Huang Ying
doaj   +1 more source

Humorous TV ads and the 3WD: Evidence for generalizability of humour appreciation across media?

The European Journal of Humour Research, 2017
Individuals differ in their appreciation of jokes and cartoons with respect to the structure of the humorous material (e.g., whether the jokes and cartoons are can be categorised in terms of incongruity-resolution or in terms of nonsense), as well as ...
Jennifer Hofmann, Willibald Friedrich Ruch   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Single‐subject designs in character education: Methods for rigorous, contextual, and practitioner‐led research

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Character education research is often constrained by blunt methodological tools. Surveys capture breadth without depth; case studies offer richness but lack replicability; and randomised controlled trials (RCTs), though indispensable at the policy level, are costly, disruptive and ill‐suited to everyday practice with individual pupils.
Shane McLoughlin
wiley   +1 more source