Abstract Book review: Bell, Nancy (2015). We Are Not Amused: Failed Humor in Interaction. Humor Research 10. Berlin, Boston, Munich: De Gruyter Mouton. 184 pp.
Abstract Very little has been published on the subject of solitary laughter. Yet it appears quite possible that it is experienced by a large majority
Abstract In the current study, the Humour Styles Questionnaire Children Version (HSQC) was translated into Chinese. The psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the
Abstract When the Arab Spring began, a growing number of Moroccan Facebookers flaunted their dissent in the face of the regime and used subversive satire
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to propose a psychosociological approach to the configuration of human bonds, on the one hand, and a methodological
Abstract This paper asserts that we accept or reject humorous texts discursively on the basis of what we perceive as authorial agendas. This “authorial agenda
Abstract Book review: Marsh, Moira (2015). Practically Joking. Logan: Utah State University Press. 195 pp. References Busbee, J. (2008). ‘The college’s greatest pranks, goofs and
Abstract Book review: Winter-Froemel, Esme and Zirker Angelika (eds.) (2015), Enjeux du jeu de mots. Perspectives linguistiques et littéraires [Stakes of wordplay. Linguistic and literary
Abstract A prominent humour theory suggests that most jokes will violate a subjective moral principle. This paper explores the ramifications of Thomas Veatch’s social violations
Abstract Four experiments with 48 participants were conducted to study humour perception and memorization. A computerized method (FVW) from Vienna Test System was used (Kessler,
Abstract Les Enfants risibles: comic portrayals of childhood in French fiction References Anglade, J. (1962). Hervé Bazin. Paris: Gallimard. Anon. (1967). Georges Duhamel 1884-1966. Paris:
Abstract This paper is grounded in Cognitive Linguistics (CL), which sees metonymy as a conceptual phenomenon, in which one conceptual entity (the source) provides mental
Abstract Owing to its critical and creative potential, humour has often been used as one of the preferred means of resistance in social and political
Abstract Book review: Bouissac, Paul (2015). The Semiotics of Clowns and Clowning: Rituals of Transgression and the Theory of Laughter. Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics. London:
Abstract Humour is an important component of social cognition. The last few years of cognitive research of schizophrenia provided a considerable amount of empirical evidence
Abstract Gelotophobia (fear of being laughed at), when it comes to the social context, is usually investigated in the context of bullying. Other studies of
Abstract The article investigates humour translation in audiovisual media concentrating on two modes of audiovisual translation: dubbing and subtitling. The corpus consists of humorous scenes
Abstract Lexical polysemy, a fundamental characteristic of all human languages, has long been regarded as a major challenge to machine translation, human–computer interaction, and other
Abstract In the paper we analyse humorous modified proverbs in light of the theory of conceptual integration. Unlike traditional proverbs, which teach us something and
Abstract Hungarian humour went through significant changes in the 20th century. Though the urban middle-class way of living and culture had developed by the early
Abstract In the early 1980s a new joke cycle appeared in the USA, and has continued to flourish ever since. This is the lawyer joke
Abstract Over 85 empirical articles investigating the fear of being laughed at have been published. Still, the question “why bother with another inter-individual differences variable?”
Abstract Although research into humour in education contexts has increased sharply over the past decade, there are still relatively few studies related to its impact
Abstract Book review: Gian Luigi De Rosa, Francesca Bianchi, Antonella de Laurentiis & Elisa Perego (eds.) (2014). Translating Humour in Audiovisual Texts. Bern: Peter Lang.
