Yus's and Jodłowiec's Relevance-Theoretic Approaches to Jokes: A Critical Comparison

• Authors: Biegajło Magdalena
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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.

Keywords

EN

Yus; Jodłowiec; Relevance Theory; jokes; humour

• Publisher: Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw
• Journal: Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 22/2
• Pages: 87-99

Contributors

author

Biegajło Magdalena

• University of Warsaw

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