“I get it, but it’s just not funny”: Why humour fails, after all is said and done
Failed humour can be explained by communicative gaps, at either the semantic or pragmatic levels, but sometimes, after all is ‘said and done’, people resist humour for purely discursive reasons. Some may recognise the divisive nature of a humorous text, and experience conflicting feelings. Others ma...
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| Language: | English |
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Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies
2018-06-01
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| Series: | The European Journal of Humour Research |
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| Online Access: | https://www.europeanjournalofhumour.org/index.php/ejhr/article/view/253 |