So this english professor comes into class and starts talking about the textual organization of jokes, the taxonomy of puns, the relations between the linguistic form and the content of humorous texts, and other past and current topics in language based research into humor. Humor theorists agree that there are three main traditional theories of humor, with much overlap among them. My commission, however, was to write a book on the language of humour, and i have accordingly tried to give the linguistic principle pride of place. They tied her to a tree and started their pot to boiling. Create a visual including theories that stood out to you opinions about ell techniques you would use. Pdf contemporary linguistic theories of humour semantic scholar. This week, im discussing folklinguistic theories of language, and their implications for language learning and teaching. Implications of second language acquisition theory for. In section 6 a sample joke is analyzed as completely as possible in terms of the theory. Conversational implicature analysis of humor in american. Semantic theory of humor in this chapter, the scriptbased. This is a research into the concept of humor as it manifests itself in linguistic activities, that more often than not also appear in writing such as puns and jokes. Although the connection between ambiguity and humor is widely recognized in the literature, speci.
Arthur koestlers bisociation theory of humour and its reception. However, both types of study share a common focus, namely, that much of the linguistic humor that appears in traditional riddles and jokes is based on ambiguity, that is, on a word. So this english professor comes into class and starts talking about the textual organization of jokes, the taxonomy of puns, the relations between the linguistic form and the content of humorous texts, and other past. Humor and laughter are the result of repressed feelings, particularly sexual tension, humor permits individuals to deal with nervous energy and social taboos such as sexuality, death, fear, etc. The language of humour by walter nash, 1985 online.
Oct 30, 2014 17 second language acquisition theories stephen krashens monitor hypothesis 3 that language students have an internal errordetector that allows them to check for the accuracy of their speech production in the classroom. The central idea is that in verbal humor, the text must be compatible with two different semantic scripts which are. Buy linguistic theories of humor humor research hr by attardo, salvatore isbn. So this english professor comes into class and starts talking about the textual organization of jokes, the taxonomy of puns, the relations between the linguistic form and the content of humorous texts, and other past and current topics in languagebased research into humor. Cartoons as worldview and folklore in post modern culture.
Analysis theoretical model proposed by griale ruiz gurillo and padilla, eds. Synopsis so this english professor comes into class and starts talking about the textual organization of jokes, the taxonomy of puns, the relations between the linguistic form and the content of humorous texts, and other past and current topics in languagebased research into humor. How has your theory of ell changed after this presentation. Of all these approaches, it is the incongruity theories. Linguistic theories of humor humor research hr book 1 and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Freud and the language of humour o nly joking its one of the most common phrases in the language, frequently used when our attempts to be funny seem to be leading to problems. Second language acquisition is the process by which people learn a second language. The comic and the ironic have been embraced by certain strands of contemporary literary theory as ambiguous, selfreflexive modes of expression that are particularly appropriate to the crisis of representation which characterizes the postmodern mood.
Psychologists have primarily dealt with linguistic humor as an extension of the study of incongruity and its resolution e. Humour is a mood or state of mind which relax the esl classrooms. Arthur koestler victor raskin salvatore attardo humour theories jokes in congruity script. This work has conclusions that are quite close to the present theory. Beatrice santorini, linguistic humor relatively new items. Attardo was professor of linguistics at youngstown state university from 1992 to 2007.
Cognitive linguistics and humor by prezi user on prezi. How have the different theories effected what techniques you would use in the classroom. Teacher must reduce correction of errors an allow freedom to speak even if students are committing errors, errors are an. Volume 2 concentrates on theoretical issues, emphasizing current linguist. Some apparent counterexamples to the main hypothesis are discussed in section 8. Role of humour in second language teaching and acquisition 28 can create comfortable, enjoyable learning situations. As the linguistic research on humor in modern times develops, semanticoriented studies on humor prevail in the early year of humor research, among which the semantic script theory of humor ssth, and the general theory of verbal humor gtvh are the most influential. Language, with all its component parts phonology, morphology, and.
The best jokes, riddles, tongue twisters, knockknock jokes, and one liners for kids. While research on natural language understanding has made significant advancements in recent years, there has been little direct integration of humor research with computational models of language understanding. Linguistic theories of humor humor research attardo, salvatore on. The incongruity phase is found to correspond to the script opposition knowledge resource and the resolution phase is argued to be identical to the. These were among the questions freud pondered when he tried to solve the. The third and last contribution to this subsection seeks to combine humor.
They can combine their verbal performance with paralanguage in the. A commonly accepted classification divides traditional theories of humor into three groups. Later that year he received a phd in english from purdue university, with a specialization in linguistics and a dissertation on the linguistics of humor, which was published in 1994 as his first book, linguistic theories of humor. The semantic foundations of cognitive theories of humor the semantic foundations of cognitive theories of humor this article argues for a parallelism between the foundations ofthe general theory of verbal humor and the incongruityresolution models. The semantic foundations of cognitive theories of humor. Contemporary linguistic theories of humour arvo krikmann abstract. We build upon theories of humor and language processing to formally measure the multiplicity of meaning in punssentences in which two different sets of ideas are expressed, and we are confronted with only one series of words, as described by philosopher henri bergson bergson, 1914. Generally, folklinguistic theories, or the general populations beliefs about language, are contrasted with linguistic theories developed via the scientific study of language, or linguists beliefs about language.
Humor plays an essential role in human interactions. Precisely what makes something funny, however, remains elusive. Prices in gbp apply to orders placed in great britain only. A theory of lexical access in speech production willem j. Linguistic humor includes word play, page 1 linguistic humor includes slang, wit, and wordplay prepared by don nilsen english, arizona state university and the international society for humor studies aarts, bas, david denison, evelien keizer, and georgia popova, eds. Towards a multimodal theory of humor villy tsakona a,b, a faculty of english studies, school of philosophy, university of athens, panepistimioupoli, zographou 157 84, greece b department of philology, school of philosophy, university of ioannina, panepistimioupoli, ioannina 451 10, greece received 8 february 2007. Victor raskins scriptbased theory of jokes ssth in his semantic mechanisms of humor.
Humor theory little audrey jokes emerged 1930s basic format. To date, most investigations of humor have been undertaken within psychology, philosophy, and linguistics. Humor theories jokes humour free 30day trial scribd. A leading theory in modern research posits that incongruity, loosely characterized as the presence of multiple incompatible meanings in the same input, may. Although the role of humor in interpersonal relationships is well documented in research in anthropology, linguistics or psychology, it is rarely applied systematically in analyses of the structural role of the comic in literary texts. Salvatore attardo linguistic theories of humor pdf keywords. D professor of education marymount university there is very little that can compare with humor for joy, comfort, relaxation, and an escape from the seriousness and routine of many everyday activities.
Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. A relevance theoretic analysis of verbal humor in the big. Volume 1 contains comprehensive studies on the acquisition of 15 different languages from asl to samoan written by top researchers on each topic. The superiority theory is mainly advocated by aristotle and hobbes. Creative pieces, such as jokes, are traditionally considered to be outside the reach of computer science. Humor encourages me to talk to my teacher 79% 21% humor reduces my fear of classteacher 71% 29% humor makes the learning environment more enjoyable 88% 12%. Pdf on apr 28, 2011, margherita dore and others published diana popa. Linguistic theories is a conditional name for the theories i aim to introduce here. The language of humour by walter nash, 1985 online research. Lexical and syntactic ambiguity as a source of humor. Pdf on jan 1, 1998, helga kotthoff and others published salvatore attardo 1994. Linguistic theories of humour free ebook download as pdf file.
An essential handbook for professionals and advanced students in the field. Victor raskinmahadev apte, moutonde gruyter, be rlinn. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Nilsen english department arizona state university tempe, az 852870302 don. L inguistic t heories of h umor, humor research 1, editors. Linguistic aspects of verbal humor in standup comedy. In doing so, i have interpreted my brief quite broadly, endeavouring to set humorous language in the larger context of comic style. Humor theories free download as powerpoint presentation. Raskins theory of verbal humor an important, recent, successful, and closely related theory is raskins 1985 linguisticsemantic theory of verbal humor. There are many humor theories developed in the past many years. An approach to verbal humor in interaction sciencedirect. Prices in represent the retail prices valid in germany unless otherwise indicated.