Ambiguity-generating devices in linguistic verbal jokes

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2010-12-11T20:29:03Z

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

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Unpublished paper, written in 1996.

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ambiguity, jokes, humour, linguistic humour

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Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Biblioteka Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego