KONTRASTIVE BEHANDLUNG DES SPRACHLICHEN HUMORS: DEUTSCHENGLISCH-RUMÄNISCH Cover Image

KONTRASTIVE BEHANDLUNG DES SPRACHLICHEN HUMORS: DEUTSCHENGLISCH-RUMÄNISCH
KONTRASTIVE BEHANDLUNG DES SPRACHLICHEN HUMORS: DEUTSCHENGLISCH-RUMÄNISCH

Author(s): Gina Măciucă
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Phonetics / Phonology, Semantics
Published by: UNIVERSITATEA »ȘTEFAN CEL MARE« SUCEAVA
Keywords: language humour; humour-generating devices; semantic/phonetic transposition; intertextuality; domestication;

Summary/Abstract: In an attempt to approach language humour contrastively, thepresent contribution investigates three German specimens of linguicomedyin terms of humour-generating devices and subsequently submits to thereader various strategies for translating them into English and Romanian,with ample glosses on the difficulties encountered in the process.