The lexical semantics of blaguer: French ways of bringing people together through persuasion, deception and laughter
This study presents a lexical semantic analysis of the French verb blaguer and related expressions. This verb belongs to a suite of “French humour practices”, and French-English dictionaries translate it as ‘to joke’. However, Anglo-specific terminology such as “joke” does not match the conceptual s...
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| Language: | English |
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Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies
2020-12-01
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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/489 |