Reflexive humor and satire: a critical review
Abstract Because most theories of humour emphasize its intersubjective and/or semantic nature, they fail to fully appreciate and explain self-directed humour. Through a critical exploration
Abstract Because most theories of humour emphasize its intersubjective and/or semantic nature, they fail to fully appreciate and explain self-directed humour. Through a critical exploration
Abstract This paper analyzes English and Serbian question-and-answer jokes using the cognitive linguistic theoretical framework of conceptual blending, which relies on mental spaces as cognitive
Abstract The translation of the pun is one of the most challenging issues for translators and interpreters. Sometimes puns, especially those containing realia, are considered
Abstract The present study concentrates on the potential of mass culture texts to impose specific metapragmatic stereotypes (Agha 2007) through humour on the wider audience.
Abstract Conceptual integration theory (henceforth CIT), aka conceptual blending, was devised by Fauconnier and Turner (2002) as a model for meaning construction and interpretation. It
Abstract Monsters Inc., an animated feature film produced by Pixar Animation Studios in 2001, received significant recognition worldwide. The film was nominated in 2002 for
Abstract Extant studies on Nigerian hip-hop have approached the genre as an act and as an art from psycholinguistic, social, sociolinguistic and pragmatic dimensions. However,
Abstract The medical clown is a healthcare practitioner whose character is strictly associated with the performer’s own personality. In this study, the relationships between level
Abstract This review covers two new books on Chinese humour: Wendy Gan Comic China: Representing Common Ground, 1890-1945; and King-fai Tam and Sharon Wesoky Not Just a
Abstract Visual Humour in Ideas of Race, Nationality, and Ethnicity is a part of a series that aims to analyse visual culture from a critical
Abstract These few pages are the review of the book „The Dynamics of Interactional Humour”, (2018), edited by Villy Tsakona and Jan Chovanec (John Benjamins).
Abstract The central interest in this study is to develop and position the humour repertoire concept for tourism and leisure research. The term humour repertoire
Abstract From living museums to heritage escape rooms, edutainment is becoming a norm in interpretation of heritage, yet not much is known, of the specific
Abstract Much of the existing literature on the tourism-humour relationship focuses on the perceptions of tourists. Little research exists on the views of tourism operators.
Abstract This paper studies the use of humour in Estonian accommodation establishments. The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of how
Abstract This paper discusses humour and tourism, with a focus on “Spain Marks”, an international campaign used to promote Spain as a tourism destination. The
Abstract This study attempts to provide first tentative insights into the audience reception of intertwining of political satire and destination marketing imagery by analysing the
Abstract Tourism firms using visual social media marketing are struggling with its implementation, specifically in formulating engagement-based visual message strategies. Yet, creating such appealing posts
Abstract Editorial References Ball, S., & Johnson, K. (2000). ‘Humour in commercial hospitality settings’. In C. Lashley & A. Morrison (Eds.), In search of hospitality:
Abstract Chłopicki, Władysław and Dorota Brzozowska. Eds (2017). Humorous Discourse. Boston/Berlin: De Gruyter. References Dynel, Marta. 2013. Developments in Linguistic Humour Theory. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Abstract This review critiques Terry Lindvall et al.’s Divine Film Comedies: Biblical Narratives, Film Sub-Genres, and the Comic Spirit. Lindvall et al.’s account is a study
Abstract Satire and Politics: The Interplay of Heritage and Practice, edited by Jessica Milner Davis, explores the multifaceted connections between satire and politics in the
Abstract The context for the paper is the inclusion of a 64-year old cartoon in the Political Science textbook that caused an uproar in the
Abstract Humour has been conceptualized as styles, which vary based on their function (Martin, Puhlik-Doris, Larsen, Gray, and Weir, 2003). Research examining if and how
Abstract Nigerian humourists have always told risible jokes within myriad pre-colonial satirical acts and now, stand-up comedy. Scholars rarely study the menacing backlash against ostensible