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Book review: Weingärtner, T. (2013). Comedy-Boom in Japan: Performative und mediale Rahmung von Humor in der aktuellen Populärkultur. Munich: Iudicium. 430 pp.
Abstract Book review: Weingärtner, T. (2013). Comedy-Boom in Japan: Performative und mediale Rahmung von Humor in der aktuellen Populärkultur [Framing of humour through performance and
Book review: Litovkina, A.T., Sollosy, J., Medgyes, P. and Brzozowska, D. (eds.). (2012). Hungarian Humour (Humour and Culture 3), Tertium: Krakow. 384 pp.
Abstract This review presents Hungarian Humour (Humour and Culture 3) edited by Anna T. Litovkina, Judith Sollosy, Péter Medgyes and Dorota Brzozowska and published by Tertium in Krakow, in 2012.
“To laugh or not to laugh”: Understandings of the appropriateness of humour and joking in the workplace
Abstract In order for joking to actually have a function in the workplace, it must have a forum. There are many pieces of empirical research
“No harm done”: Teachers’ humorous talk about children’s safety
Abstract This paper presents and discusses the forms of humour employed by New Zealand primary school teachers when talking about children’s safety in the outdoor
“The big red giant will explode”: Géza Hofi’s political implicatures from the happiest barracks in the socialist camp
Abstract By taking a pragma-rhetorical approach, this article characterises the genre of Géza Hofi’s political humour, developed during the communist Kádár era in Hungary, and
Logic and reasoning in jokes
Abstract It has often been remarked that jokes involve some form of distorted logic, but the details of this joke logic have not been fully
Book review: Roemer, M. (2012), Shocked but Connected: Notes on Laughter. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 288 pp.
Abstract Book review: Michael Roemer, Shocked but Connected: Notes on Laughter. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 288 pp. References Bergson, H. (1999 [1911]) Laughter:
Book review: Simon, J.C. (2008). Why We Laugh – A New Understanding. Carmel, IN: Starbrook Press. 301 pp.
Abstract A book review of John Charles Simon’s book (2008) Why We Laugh – A New Understanding. Carmel, IN: Starbrook Press. 301 pp. References Bergson,
Humour styles, personality and psychological well-being: What’s humour got to do with it?
Abstract The Humor Styles Questionnaire (HSQ) by Martin et al. (2003) measures four humour styles, namely affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive and self-defeating. In contrast to former
The impact of laughter yoga on subjective wellbeing: A pilot study
Abstract Laughter has been associated with a number of physiological and psychological benefits. Laughter yoga (LY) is a contemporary technique that encourages participants to mimic
Exploring Canarian humour in the first locally produced sitcom in RTVC
Abstract Between December 2011 and May 2012, the public television channel (RTVC) in theCanary Islands (Spain) aired, in prime time, the first locally produced situation
Components and determinants of the shift between own persona and the clown persona: A hierarchical analysis
Abstract Working in health settings as a clown requires the ability to differentiate between the own persona and the clown persona, and to stay in
Humour in popularization: Analysis of humour-related laughter in TED talks
Abstract This paper investigates the role of humour in TED talks, which are popularising speeches aiming at knowledge dissemination. Through the analysis of humour used
Book review: Chovanec, J. & Ermida, I. (eds.) (2012). Language and Humour in the Media. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 260 pp.
Abstract Book review: Language and Humour in the Media. Jan Chovanec and Isabel Ermida (Eds.), Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2012.