Publications

Publication details [#44932]

Snell, Julia. 2006. Schema theory and the humour of Little Britain. English Today 22 (1) : 59–64.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

comedy | humor | interpretation | language use | television

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This paper argues that schema theory can serve to explain humor construction and interpretation in the British television comedy show "Little Britain".