Victor Raskin's clear delineation of the differences between humorous and bone fide serious communication and his systematic formal account of how jokes work was not only a major contribution to linguistics but also made possible revolutionary advances in other areas of the social sciences of humor...
Keywords: General Theory of Verbal Humor, jokes, scripts, stereotypes
09/2004 | Humor - International Journal of Humor Research, Walter de GruyterMany European jokes depend on local ethnic scripts that by convention pin a comic characteristic on a particular ethnic group such as the canny Cardi in Wales, the slow Swiss in France, the stupid Belgian incessantly eating freedom fries in the Netherlands...
Keywords: French, Jews, jokes, scripts, Swiss, translation, Welsh
06/2005 | Humor - International Journal of Humor Research, Walter de Gruyter