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Publication details [#53591]

Viana, Amadeu. 2010. Asymmetry in script opposition. Humor 23 (4) : 505–526.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter

Annotation

This study explores the attributes of a fairly common script distribution -a Foreground Script against a Background Script- in verbal jokes, graphic humour and conversational spontaneous joking. If the found correlation of script distribution and (overt) target attribution holds, it is possible to explain a formal connection between joke structure and its derisive intention.