Humor research east of the atlantic, special issue of humor. He publishes in the field of humor in literature and is considered. The collection of articles he has gathered here represents at the same time a milestone, a compendium, and a beacon. Among the prevailing types of theories that attempt to account for the existence of humor, there are psychological theories, the vast majority of which consider humor to be very healthy behavior. Humor, according to relief theory, is used mainly to overcome sociocultural inhibitions.
Pdf contemporary linguistic theories of humour semantic scholar. Abstractan application of the general theory of verbal humour gtvh to the theory of humour translation is presented. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Welcome to econtent platform of john benjamins publishing company.
Linguistic theories is a conditional name for the theories i aim to introduce here. So this english professor comes into class and starts talking about the textual organization of jokes, the taxonomy of puns, the relations between the linguistic form and the content of humorous texts, and other past and current topics in languagebased research into humor. Salvatore attardo, linguistic theories of humor john. The present handbook testifies to salvatore attardos lifetime involvement in the linguistic mechanisms of humor and its societal effects. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Dec 24, 2019 linguitsic chapter 10, on humor in context, he comes back to these issues, however. Subjects are presented with three sets of jokes, each consisting. Linguistic theories of humor humor research attardo, salvatore on. So this english professor comes into class and starts talking about the textual organization o. All of them belong to, or are descendants of, or congenial with the incongruity theories just mentioned, though some authors of them prefer to deny it. Pdf on jan 1, 1998, helga kotthoff and others published salvatore attardo 1994.
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Most linguistic studies with this field of interest are based on raskins semanticscript theory of humour ssth and attardo s general theory of verbal humor gtvh raskin, 1985. Humour and linguistic theories is a conditional name for the theories i aim to introduce here. Linguistic theories of humor find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Attardo, salvatore this book presents a theory of long humorous texts based on a revision and an upgrade of the general theory of verbal humour gtvh, a decade after its first proposal. Salvatore attardo takes a broad approach to the topic, exploring not only theoretical linguistic analyses, but also pragmatic and semantic aspects, conversation and discourse analysis, ethnomethodology, and interactionist and variationist sociolinguistics. Humor is evoked when a trigger, contained in the punch line, causes the audience to abruptly shift its understanding of the story from the primary or more obvious interpretation. The further taxonomy of logical mechanisms lm of jokes by attardo, hempelmann, and di maio. Francis hutcheson expressed in thoughts on laughter what became humouf key concept in the evolving theory of the comic. He has published on the linguistics of humor, pragmatics and semantics, primarily on issues relating to implicatures, irony, rationality, and more generally, on neogricean pragmatics. Toward an empirical verification of the general theory of. The present study derives hypotheses from the general theory of verbal humor gtvh and tests them on a sample of 534 subjects.
The encyclopedia of humor studies explores the concept of humor in history and modern society in the united states and internationally. Salvatore attardo holds a phd in english linguistics from purdue. In 1988, he moved to the united states to attend purdue university. Aug 28, 2017 of language and humor by salvatore attardo. Firstly, the hostility theories refer to the aggressive aspect of humour. The routledge handbook of language and humor 1st edition. In 1991, together with victor raskin, attardo published a long. Script based theory of humor and gtvh general theory of verbal humour. Attardo was professor of linguistics at youngstown state university from 1992 to 2007.
Laughter and mirth, according to relief theory, result from this release of nervous energy. Dec 17, 2019 linguistic theories of humour attardo pdf attardo, salvatore. Salvatore attardo was trained as a linguist at the catholic university of milan, italy, where he graduated in foreign languages and literature french, with a dissertation on the linguistics of humor, in 1986. Attardo holds degrees from the catholic university of milan 1986 and purdue university phd, 1991. Toward an empirical verification of the general theory of verbal humor ruch, willibald. Attardo, salvatore and jeancharles chabanne, the divine laughter and humour represent the relationship between humans and religions. Hostility theories and the release theories deal with the psychological causes and effects of humour. Nov 11, 2019 in chapter 5, attardo discusses bisociation theories as well as some stylistic and textual theories, advanced particularly by italian and german scholars. Encyclopedia of humor studies sage publications inc. Arthur koestler victor raskin salvatore attardo humour theories jokes in congruity script. Buy linguistic theories of humor humor research hr by attardo, salvatore isbn. Salvatore attardo linguistic theories of humor pdf keywords.
Linguistic theories of humor by salvatore attardo as a teenager, attardo attended a high school specializing in humanities liceo ginnasio statale alessando volta, como where along with fellow students he published a satyrical magazine on the school life, ot teachers and principal, called giravolta. He studied at purdue university under victor raskin and extended raskins scriptbased semantic theory of humor ssth into the general theory of verbal humor. Pdf linguistic theories of humor wladyslaw chlopicki. For example, soviet political humor does not use the same scripts to be found in jewish humor. Victor raskins scriptbased theory of jokes ssth in his semantic mechanisms of humor. Linguistic theories of humor approaches to semiotics salvatore attardo on free shipping on qualifying offers. The pragmatics of humor, special issue of journal of pragmatics. The reader will find a thorough historical, terminological, and theoretical introduction to the field, as well as detailed treatments of the various. Contemporary linguistic theories of humour arvo krikmann abstract. Interest in the linguistics of humor is widespread.
Humor in freud, humor, journal, gelotology, computational humor, salvatore attardo, humor research. The developments of the theory of humor competence and, more recently, of work on humor performance are seen as lying at the opposite ends of a continuum, with various approaches positioning themselves along that. Linguistic theories of humor humor research paperback february 1, 1994 by salvatore attardo author visit amazons salvatore attardo page. Sep 08, 2019 salvatore attardo, linguistic theories of humor. This is a research into the concept of humor as it manifests itself in linguistic activities, that more often than not also appear in writing such as puns and jokes. Linguistic theories of humor by salvatore attardo, hardcover. Salvatore attardo general theory of verbal humour this theory is basically focused in the linguistic translation approach of humour. Humor in language oxford research encyclopedia of linguistics. The theory is informed by current research in psycholinguistics and cognitive science. Congressional humor as serious and purposeful communication.
Here you can find all of our electronic books and journals, for purchase and download or subscriber access. Jun 23, 2019 linguistic theories of humor by salvatore attardo as a teenager, attardo attended a high school specializing in humanities liceo ginnasio statale alessando volta, como where along with fellow students he published a satyrical magazine on the school life, ot teachers and principal, called giravolta. Salvatore attardo author of linguistic theories of humor. Elisa gironzetti, salvatore attardo and lucy pickering. So this english professor comes into class and starts talking about the textual organization of jokes, the taxonomy of puns, the relations between the linguistic form and the content of humorous texts, and other past and current topics in. Linguistic theories of humor, humor research 1, editors. Nour hassan marked it as toread feb 25, a play theory of humor. The routledge handbook of language and humor salvatore. The semantic foundations of cognitive theories of humor. So this english professor comes into class and starts talking about the textual organization of jokes, the taxonomy of puns, the relations between the linguistic form and the content of humorous texts, and other past and current topics in language based research into humor. Later that year he received a phd in english from purdue university, with a specialization in linguistics and a dissertation on the linguistics of humor, which was published in 1994 as his first book, linguistic theories of humor.
This works scope encompasses the humor of children, adults, and even nonhuman primates throughout the ages, from crude jokes and simple slapstick to sophisticated word play and ironic parody and satire. In chapter 10, on humor in context, he comes back to these issues, however. L inguistic t heories of h umor, humor research 1, editors. The general theory of verbal humor gtvh was born in 1991, when attardo and raskin carried out a joint based semantic theory of humor attardo 2008. Linguistic analysis a linguistic interpretation of the mechanics of the punch line response is posited by victor raskin in his scriptbased semantic theory of humor.
Linguistic theories of humor find, read and cite all the research you need. Contemporary linguistic theories of humour folklore. In the initial theory, raskin 1985 proposed an exclusively semantic theory where he stated that humor was based on the opposition of two different semantic scripts. The routledge handbook of language and humor presents the first ever comprehensive, indepth treatment of all the subfields of the linguistics of humor, broadly conceived as the intersection of the study of language and humor. Attardo notes that linguistic theories of humor ordinarily are either essentialist, describing the necessary and sufficient conditions for its realization, or teleological, describing its goals.
This book is the first comprehensive and systematic introduction to the linguistics of humor. There are many theories of humor which attempt to explain what humor is, what social functions it serves, and what would be considered humorous. Jan 01, 1994 so this english professor comes into class and starts talking about the textual organization of jokes, the taxonomy of puns, the relations between the linguistic form and the content of humorous texts, and other past and current topics in languagebased research into humor. The reader will find a thorough historical, terminological, and theoretical introduction to the field, as well as detailed treatments of the various approaches to. Arthur koestlers bisociation theory of humour and its reception.
Doris tien marked it as toread may 05, he publishes in the field of humor in literature and is considered to be one of the top authorities in the area. Victor raskinmahadev apte, moutonde gruyter, be rlinn. Violation of conversational maxims and cooperation. Humor may thus for example serve to facilitate relief of the tension caused by ones fears. Ociana wijayanti rated it it was amazing may 24, apart from that, the bibliography is truly comprehensive over items and includes over a hundred sources not discussed in the book. In this respect, salvatore attardo s chapter dedicated to a chronological survey of the literature written about humour is more than useful. Relief theory maintains that laughter is a homeostatic mechanism by which psychological tension is reduced.