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Yus’s and Jodłowiec’s relevance-theoretic approaches to jokes: a critical comparison
Yus’s and Jodłowiec’s relevance-theoretic approaches to jokes: a critical comparison

Author(s): Magdalena Biegajło
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Yus; Jodłowiec; humour; Relevance Theory; implications; verbal jokes

Summary/Abstract: The prime objective of this paper is to compare Yus’s (2003, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012ab) and Jodłowiec’s (1991ab, 2008) accounts of jokes based on the assumptions of Relevance Theory (RT; Sperber and Wilson 1995, 2002, 2004). To meet this objective, I explore Yus’s and Jodłowiec’s classifications and models of joke comprehension since there is a strong link between the two phenomena.

  • Issue Year: 22/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 87-99
  • Page Count: 13