KONTRASTIVE BEHANDLUNG DES SPRACHLICHEN HUMORS: DEUTSCH-ENGLISCH-RUMÄNISCH

• Authors: Gina Măciucă

Title variants

EN

A CONTRASTIVE APPROACH TO LINGUICOMEDY: GERMAN-ENGLISH-ROMANIAN

• Languages of publication: DE

Abstracts

EN

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

Keywords

EN

language humour; humour-generating devices; semantic/phonetic transposition; intertextuality; domestication

• Publisher: Inter Litteras Research Centre, STEFAN CEL MARE University, Suceava, Romania; STEFAN CEL MARE Publishing House
• Journal: Concordia Discors vs Discordia Concors: Researches into Comparative Literature, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross-Cultural and Translation Strategies
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 100-113

Contributors

author

Gina Măciucă

• Ştefan cel Mare University, Suceava, Romania