| Title |
The anatomy of a joke |
| Translation of Title |
Juoko anatomija. |
| Authors |
Servaitė, Laimutė |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Tiltai : humanitariniai ir socialiniai mokslai.. Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla. 2005, Nr. 4 (33), p. 81-85.. ISSN 1392-3137 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Joke ; Ambiguity ; Linguistic means ; Phonetic, lexico-semantic and syntactic jokes |
| Abstract [eng] |
A joke may serve as a helpful ingredient of a foreign language class: it is able to catch the attention of the audience, to create friendly and relaxed atmosphere, moreover, it contributes to providing pithy and concise explanations of linguistic phenomena and /or illustrating them with examples easy to understand and memorise. A great number of jokes in English are based on different linguistic means on all the structural layers of the language. The article attempts to reveal the linguistic basis of a joke, to categorize them and to consider their use in a foreign language class. |
| Published |
Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2005 |
