An ambiguity-based theory of the linguistic verbal joke in English

dc.contributor.advisor	Sobkowiak, Włodzimierz
dc.contributor.author	Lew, Robert
dc.date.accessioned	2010-04-29T15:28:03Z
dc.date.available	2010-04-29T15:28:03Z
dc.date.issued	1996
dc.description	Instytut Filologii Angielskiej	pl_PL
dc.description.abstract	The dissertation analyzes the role of linguistic ambiguity in canned linguistic verbal jokes in English. A typology of jokes based on the type of ambiguity underlying the joke is proposed. It is claimed that jokes based on ambiguity contain purposeful textual devices (ambiguators) enhancing the probability of both semantic interpretations being perceived by the recipient. The ambiguity-based theory of the joke offers an alternative justification for the featuring in jokes of contrasting characters representing different ethnic groups, age groups, etc, without having to make appeals to such psychosocial concepts as aggression or superiority. Other things being equal, the funniness of linguistic ambiguity-based jokes increases with the amount of ambiguity and decreases with the amount of ambiguation.	pl_PL
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10593/346
dc.language.iso	en	pl_PL
dc.subject	humour	pl_PL
dc.subject	jokes	pl_PL
dc.subject	ambiguity	pl_PL
dc.title	An ambiguity-based theory of the linguistic verbal joke in English	pl_PL
dc.type	Dysertacja	pl_PL

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