PRAGMATIC AND RHETORICAL STRATEGIES IN THE ENGLISH-WRITTEN JOKES
Understanding verbal jokes in English is problematic for English as Foreign Language (EFL) readers since understanding the jokes requires understanding their linguistic, cultural and social elements. Since a joke constitutes a complex and paradoxical phenomenon, it needs multiple approaches of analy...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | http://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/IJAL/article/view/6868 |