How to do things with jokes: Speech acts in standup comedy
Debra Aarons,Marc Mierowsky
Abstract How to do things with jokes: Speech acts in standup comedy In How to Do Things with Words (1962), the philosopher John Austin claimed
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Computational humor and Christie Davies’ basis for joke comparison
Julia Rayz
Abstract While historically computational humor paid very little attention to sociology and mostly took into account subparts of linguistics and some psychology, Christie Davies wrote
True German and phony English laughter: Schmidt-Hidding was still Schmidt
Christian F. Hempelmann
Abstract Schmidt-Hidding’s (b. 1903, d. 1967) lexical field study on the area of Humor und Witz [humor and wit/jokes] (1963b) receives attention in humor research
Humorous TV ads and the 3WD: Evidence for generalizability of humour appreciation across media?
Jennifer Hofmann,Willibald Friedrich Ruch
Abstract 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
Book Review. Ruiz-Gurillo, Leonor (ed.) (2016). Metapragmatics of Humour: Current Research Trends. IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature 14. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 309 pp.
Ksenia M. Shilikhina
Abstract The volume Metapragmatics of Humour: Current Research Trends edited by Leonor Ruiz-Gurillo is a collection of papers aiming at analysing humour as a metapragmatic
Book Review. Morreall, John (2016). Laughing All the Way. Your Sense of Humour. Don’t Leave Home without It. Melbourne, Florida: Motivational Press, 288 pp.
Stanca Măda
Abstract John Morreall (2016) Laughing All the Way. Your Sense of Humour. Don’t Leave Home without It. Melbourne, Florida: Motivational Press, 288 pp. References
Pigs, pastures, pepper pickers, pitchforks: Carl Sandburg’s Rootabaga Stories and the tall tale
Michael Heyman
Abstract Past studies of American nonsense literature have tended to lump it together with the British, for many good reasons. This article, however, distinguishes American
What is a „Sebastian”?: A nonsensical look at the poetry of Yona Wallach
Ailor Porat
Abstract This article compares the nonsense works of Lewis Carroll to the poetry of the canonical Hebrew poet Yona Wallach. Both writers present literary works
The Witch on a Vespa (and the case of the Kinetic Potatoes): Nonsense strategies and translation of Kirsi Kunnas’s poem ”Mr Pii Poo”
Sirke Happonen
Abstract It has been suggested that in nonsense literature the form sometimes directs the events of the story (Tigges 1988, Lecercle 1994). Translation of a
Editorial note on the publication of academic event reports
Dorota Brzozowska,Wladyslaw Chłopicki,Villy Tsakona
Abstract Editorial note on the publication of academic event reports References
Diversity of Irony panel – International Cognitive Linguistics Conference – 14 (ICLC14)
Sabina Tabacaru
Abstract —- References Ruiz de Mendoza, Francisco J. 2014. Mapping concepts. Understanding figurative thought from a cognitive-linguistic perspective. Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada, 27(1): 187–207.
15th International Pragmatics Conference (IPra2017), 16-21 July 2017, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Władysław Chłopicki
Abstract Academic event report on 15th International Pragmatics Conference (IPra2017), 16-21 July 2017, Belfast, Northern Ireland References Archakis, A. & Tsakona, V. (2005) ‘Analyzing conversational
Book Review. Oring, Elliot (2016). Joking Asides: The Theory, Analysis and Aesthetics of Humour. University Press of Colorado.
Chiara Mazzocconi
Abstract Joking Asides: The Theory, Analysis and Aesthetics of Humour is a collection of twelve essays on humour, and more specifically on jokes, written by
Book Review. Litovkina, Anna T. (2016). “Do You Serve Lawyers and Politicians Here?” Stereotyped Lawyers and Politicians in American Jokes and Anti-Proverbs.
Mária Pethő
Abstract Anna T. Litovkina’s most recent book presents the stereotypical traits of lawyers and politicians as they are reflected in Anglo-American jokes and anti-proverbs. The
