Does Conceptual Integration Theory Possess the Cognitive Toolkit to Explain the Comic? Building Bridges Between Diverse fFelds of Linguistics in Respect of the English Humour

In this paper, I would like to display the workings of the mechanism of conceptual integration theory (CIT for short), aka blending, as envisaged by Fauconnier and Turner (1998 & 2002). I wish to demonstrate that blending is a potential candidate for a humour theory. On the basis of a few chosen...

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Main Author: Joanna Jabłońska-Hood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies 2019-01-01
Series:Półrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium
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Online Access:https://journal.tertium.edu.pl/index.php/JaK/article/view/90