Motive und Formen der deutschen schwarzen Witze in Willy Millowitschs Da bleibt kein Auge trocken (1980)
The subjects and the forms of the German black jokes in the book “Da bleibt kein Auge trocken” by Willy Millowitsch (1980)

Summary/Abstract: This article shows which subject matter is to be found in the German black joke. The material analysis includes 30 jokes taken from the book “Da bleibt kein Auge trocken” by Willy Millowitsch (1980). Besides the subjects to be found (violence, suffering and death) the form of the jokes and the sentence types appearing in the black jokes mentioned by Millowitsch are also important.

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