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Jul 28, 2012 · The purpose of this paper is to provide a new definition of pun, in order to describe it in a cross-linguistic perspective and to point out that puns, as verbal humorous phenomena which exploit ordinary phonetic processes, are universal. The definition is tested through a comparison among puns in 15 languages belonging to different families. I show that puns always imply the manipulation of a ...
Jan 28, 2012 · Puns and wordplay are universal, in the sense that they exploit universal structural features of language, as described by Guidi (2012a Guidi ( , 2012b. Humorous wordplay is also universal in the ...
Apr 19, 2024 · Humor is a universal language, a bridge that connects people across cultures, ages, and backgrounds. From a hearty belly laugh to a subtle smirk, humor permeates our daily lives, bringing joy ...
Jul 28, 2012 · A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Bilingual Puns in the Linguistic Landscapes of Guangzhou, China. Junhua Peng N. Mansor Z. M. Kasim L. Ang. Linguistics, Sociology. Asia-Pacific Social Science Review. 2023. : Punning, either monolingual or bilingual, is a significant action in creating literal humor and rhetorical jokes.
Jul 10, 2018 · make puns work are universal. Not only will I argue that the phonological and phonetic constraints on puns are the same across languages, but that the syntactico-lexical constraints, the semantic constraints, and the mechanisms that allow the resolution of the incongruity, i.e., the Cratylistic theory of sound-sense matching are universal.
Interest in the linguistics of humor is widespread and dates since classical times. Several theoretical models have been proposed to describe and explain the function of humor in language. The most widely adopted one, the semantic-script theory of humor, was presented by Victor Raskin, in 1985.
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Punch, 25 February 1914.The cartoon is a pun on the word "Jamaica", which pronunciation [dʒəˈmeɪkə] is a homonym to the clipped form of "Did you make her?". [1] [2]A pun, also known as a paronomasia in the context of linguistics, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. [3]
