Abstract Book review: Christopher Rea, The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China, Oakland (CA), University of California Press, 2015, pp 335
Abstract Book review: May, Shaun (2016). A Philosophy of Comedy on Stage and Screen: You Have to Be There. Bloomsbury Methuen Drama. London: Bloomsbury, 213
Abstract Different phenomena related to humour and laughter, such as humour styles, gelotophobia, gelotophilia and katagelasticism, were investigated in a series of psychological studies in
Abstract Ethnic jokes are a form of comical narration extremely widespread throughout the social life of various nations. They generally centre on neighbouring nations and
Abstract Over the past century Belarus has experienced a dramatic increase in educational level. Obtaining secondary education is now considered normal, getting a university degree
Abstract This study investigates the diffusion of a new political language based on humour and irony into Turkish politics. The Taksim Gezi Park Protests, in
Abstract The aim of the paper is to uncover the extent to which different forms of political Internet humour can criticise current political affairs in
Abstract Editorial: Humour in Eastern European countries References Bakhtin, M. (1984). Rabelais and His World. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Davies, C. (2011). Jokes and Targets.
Abstract Book review: Zirker, Angelika and Winter-Froemel, Esme (Eds.) (2015). Wordplay and Metalinguistic/Metadiscursive Reflection: Authors, Contexts, Techniques, and Meta-Reflection. Berlin: De Gruyter, 311 pp. References
Abstract This is the kind of title scholars working on Serbia (and, indeed, ex-Yugoslavia and Eastern Europe, more generally) would be prone to consider a
Abstract Made-in-Canada Humour is a journey through space and time in Canadian humour. Rasporich, Arts Professor at the University of Calgary, masterly creates a general
Abstract This article is the first study that researches the combination of three components: humour, food and fashion. It is based on an analysis of
Abstract This article discusses the relationship between lexical priming and humour. Since incongruity, unpredictability and ambiguity are often associated with humour theory, the article explores
Abstract Job demands, like time pressure, consume employees’ limited resources, which need to be restored through recovery in order to maintain psychological well-being and work
Abstract When it comes to humour, performing humorous structures means not only producing amusement, but also implies the ability of perceiving the comical, ludicrous or
Abstract This paper argues in favour of considering humour and laughter as embodied signs of the ancient, sympathetic, figurative mode of the human mind, still
Abstract Book review: Brône G., Feyaerts, K. and Veale, T. (eds.) (2015). Cognitive Linguistics and Humour. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 248 pp. References Antonopoulou, E.
Abstract Book review: Plester, Barbara (2016). The Complexity of Workplace Humour: Laughter, Jokers and the Dark Side of Humour. London & New York: Springer, 164
Abstract The Holocaust was and remains a central trauma in Israel’s collective memory. For many years, the perception was that a humorous approach to the
Abstract This paper seeks to demonstrate that both the media impact and political success of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot rest on their use
Abstract Launched in 2013, Vine is a popular microblogging service that allows users to record, edit, and share six-second videos that loop ad libitum, until
Abstract Internet humour flourishes on social network sites, special humour-dedicated sites and on web pages focusing on edutainment or infotainment. Its increasing pervasiveness has to
Abstract Studies on humour have acknowledged that responses to jokes are important aspects of a joking exchange; however, investigation of joke recipients’ responses has received
Abstract Editorial: Humour and social media References Deleuze, Gilles and Felix Guattari (1987). A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia. Brian Massumi, trans. Minneapolis: University of
Abstract Book review: Dynel, Marta (2013). Developments in Linguistic Humour Theory. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 425 pp. References Attardo, S. (1994). Linguistic Theories of Humour. Berlin:
