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... supra III.2 ) . The decoding - mechanism of absurd humour is , then , similar to that of plain humour , after the humorous incongruity has occurred in the impossible possible world ; it could be sketched as follows : - 1. perception of ...
... supra III.2 ) . The decoding - mechanism of absurd humour is , then , similar to that of plain humour , after the humorous incongruity has occurred in the impossible possible world ; it could be sketched as follows : - 1. perception of ...
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... supra VI . 1. ) . In such a light , the term linguistically based would based would be equivalent to unparaphrasable without the loss of the expected humorous effect a category noted as / -paraphrase / . The mechanisms in question are ...
... supra VI . 1. ) . In such a light , the term linguistically based would based would be equivalent to unparaphrasable without the loss of the expected humorous effect a category noted as / -paraphrase / . The mechanisms in question are ...
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... supra , p.193-197 ) . The notion of cotext - non - restrictiveness ( see VI.2.2.supra ) undergoes a significant mutation , in that , since paradigmatic decoding is necessary , apparently there are cotextual clues as to which member ( s ) ...
... supra , p.193-197 ) . The notion of cotext - non - restrictiveness ( see VI.2.2.supra ) undergoes a significant mutation , in that , since paradigmatic decoding is necessary , apparently there are cotextual clues as to which member ( s ) ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
TOWARDS A DEFINITION OF HUMOUR | 23 |
CONSTRAINTS ON THE DEFINITION OF HUMOUR | 53 |
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absurd humour act of humour aggressive ambiguity analysis antanaclasis appear artefact basic become Carroll's characterised cînd co-perception combinations comic consensus corpus cotext create decoding defined definition of humour disambiguation discussion e. e. cummings elements Esar example existing fact fictional world form disambiguates function grammatical hand hendiadys homonymy homophony human humorous act humorous effect humorous incongruity humorous verse identified illocutionary potential imply impossible possible world inference instance intention intertext involved irony Jabberwocky language laughter Lewis Carroll limerick linguistic mechanisms literary literature logical mechanisms meaning mechanisms of absurd mechanisms of humour mock-style morphemes morpho-syntactic nevertheless non-aggressive non-bona-fide non-restrictive noun oxymoron paradigmatic paraphrase parody paronymy pastiche perhaps plain humour pleonasm polysemy possible world puns pure humour quotation real world rhetorical Romanian literature script semantic Shakespeare source of humour specific style subclasses supra syntactic system of reference text-type analogy theories of humour Topîrceanu words written