Does Conceptual Integration Theory Possess the Cognitive Toolkit to Explain the Comic? Building Bridges Between Diverse fFelds of Linguistics in Respect of the English Humour
In this paper, I would like to display the workings of the mechanism of conceptual integration theory (CIT for short), aka blending, as envisaged by Fauconnier and Turner (1998 & 2002). I wish to demonstrate that blending is a potential candidate for a humour theory. On the basis of a few chosen...
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Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Półrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.tertium.edu.pl/index.php/JaK/article/view/90 |