Humor as a threat-coding mechanism

The integration of humour’s classical theories such as relief, superiority, and incongruity suggest that the differences and patterns in what we find funny are largely dependent on attaching an “explicably safe” meaning to novel entities. It is argued that humour is a substantial organising influenc...

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Main Author: Edward Greenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies 2020-04-01
Series:The European Journal of Humour Research
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Online Access:https://www.europeanjournalofhumour.org/index.php/ejhr/article/view/388