Ambiguity-generating devices in linguistic verbal jokes


Autoria(s): Lew, Robert
Data(s)

11/12/2010

11/12/2010

11/12/2010

Resumo

Unpublished paper, written in 1996.

The paper argues that ambiguity is a desirable and purposeful element of linguistic verbal jokes and explains and illustrates the mechanisms which support ambiguity.

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/10593/727

Idioma(s)

en

Palavras-Chave #ambiguity #jokes #humour #linguistic humour
Tipo

Preprint