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HUMOUR EN TEMPS DE CRISE : QUAND LE COVID FAIT RIRE
HUMOR IN TIMES OF CRISIS: LAUGHING THROUGH COVID

Author(s): Faten SOMAI BAYA
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, Descriptive linguistics, Stylistics
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: humour; humorous facts; event; crisis; pathos; verbal revolt; rhetoric; pragmatics;

Summary/Abstract: The issue addressed in this paper is the humour displayed on social networks in times of crisis, especially, during Covid 19. The objective is to examine and identify the linguistic function of this type of discourse, which we call “humorous facts”, and to study its rhetorical and pragmatic scope in the virtual environment of Facebook.

  • Issue Year: XXVII/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 127-140
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: French