Foreign Language Problems as a Means of Building a Sense of Humour Based on the Example of German Jokes about Turks Cover Image

Fremdsprachenprobleme als Mittel des Humoristischen am Beispiel der deutschen Türkenwitze
Foreign Language Problems as a Means of Building a Sense of Humour Based on the Example of German Jokes about Turks

Author(s): Katarzyna Sikorska-Bujnowicz
Subject(s): Language studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: humour research; German joke about the Turks; incorrect forms as means of building a sense of humour

Summary/Abstract: This article attempts to show which incorrect forms used because of foreign language problems are considered to be means of building a sense of humour in German jokes about Turks. Analyses include selected sketches from the Comedy-show “Was guckst du?!” and jokes about Turks from websites.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 77-87
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: German