Abstract In Edward Gorey’s numerous scenes of breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and afternoon teas, food and drink often feature with more or less prominence and are
Abstract The practice of fashion memes is a rather fresh exercise on the fashion scene, and it has been enjoyed by both the audiences and
Abstract Although research on humorous practices of Anglo-Australians has received much attention, the understanding of those practices by members of various multilingual communities in Australia
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Abstract Book review References Brzozowska, D. & W. Chłopicki (eds.) (2012. Polish Humour. Kraków: Tertium. Davies, C. (1998) Jokes and Their Relation to Society, Berlin:
Abstract Book review References Delabastita, D. 1996. ‘Introduction’. The Translator 2 (2), pp. 127-139. Pedersen, J. 2007. ‘Cultural interchangeability: The effects of substituting cultural references
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Abstract Book review References Bourdieu, P. (1984). Distinction. A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste, London: Routledge. Clements, P. (2020). The Outsider, Art and
Abstract Book review References Bergson, H. 1911. Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic. New York: The Macmillan Company. Carroll, N. 2007. Comedy
Abstract Successfully joining a new workplace community is demanding, especially when this involves crossing national boundaries in addition to team boundaries. For outsiders, humour is an
Abstract Our study examines the impacts on workers when organisational humour is repeated, sustained, dominating, and potentially harmful, and thus can be considered to be
Abstract This study examines the use of online humour in a subversive local community Facebook group set up in 2017 by disgruntled members banned from
Abstract The widespread notion of a unique national humour involves an impulse to apply the commonplace assumptions of national identity that demand uniqueness of identity,
Abstract Drawing on a range of American, Australian, British and Scandinavian research into laughter, the current paper will use the form of pragmatic analysis typically
Abstract This paper combines perspectives from evolutionary biology and linguistics to discuss the early evolution of laughter and the possible role of laughter-like vocalisation as
Abstract Serving as introduction to this Special Issue, this article presents a thematic review of topics involved in studies on humour and belonging. It briefly
Abstract Book review References Barthes, R. (1977). Image, Music, Text. London: Fontana. Dawkins, R. (2006/1976). The Selfish Gene. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Milner, R. M.
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Abstract Book review References Chovanec, J. & Tsakona, V. (2018). ‘Investigating the dynamics of humour’, in Tsakona, V. & Chovanec, J. (eds.), The Dynamics of
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Abstract Book review References Bajhor, F. & Low, A. (2016). The Holocaust and European Societies: Social Processes and Social Dynamics. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Barnett, V.
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Abstract The empirical study presented in this article aims to determine some of the linguistic and cultural elements that can influence the production process and
