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Verbal humor without switching scripts and without non-bona fide communication
According to Raskin's script-theory, five factors are necessary for verbal humor: 1) a switch from the bona fide mode of communication to the non-bona fide mode of joke-telling; 2) the text of an intended joke; 3) two (partially) overlapping scripts compatible with the text; 4) an oppositeness relation between the two scripts; and 5) a trigger, obvious or implied, realizing the oppositeness relation...
Keywords: Raskin, script theory, verbal humor, joke, bona fide
09/2004 | Humor - International Journal of Humor Research, Walter de GruyterReinterpretation and viewpoints
It has often been observed that many jokes rely on the audience reinterpreting the initial part of the joke once the punchline is encountered...
Keywords: ambiguity, belief set, joke, mental space, misinterpretation, perspective
08/2006 | Humor - International Journal of Humor Research, Walter de Gruyter“Taking the piss”: Functions of banter in the IT industry
This paper shows how banter helps forge organizational culture by facilitating socialization of work group members and presents original research conducted in three IT companies...
Keywords: Banter, culture, empirical, humor, joke, status
05/2007 | Humor - International Journal of Humor Research, Walter de Gruyter