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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies
2020-04-01
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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/388 |