Resolutions and their incongruities: Further thoughts on Logical Mechanisms
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Christian F. Hempelmann
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Salvatore Attardo
Abstract
This paper is a contribution to the study of the resolution of incongruities in humor. We reject some criticisms of logical mechanisms and analyze three different types of incongruities in humorous texts: completely backgrounded, backgrounded, and foregrounded. Only the latter are addressed by logical mechanisms. We identify a mechanism of “incongruity shifting” which may be a candidate for “deep” logical mechanism (along the lines of “parallelism” in Attardo et al. HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research 15: 1–44, 2002). We finally discuss the similarities between Oring's (Engaging humor, University of Illinois Press, 2003) “appropriate incongruity” theory and our approach, which lead us to the conclusion that all resolution of incongruity in jokes is partial.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Preface: The General Theory of Verbal Humor, twenty years after
- Resolutions and their incongruities: Further thoughts on Logical Mechanisms
- Still further thoughts on Logical Mechanisms: A response to Christian F. Hempelmann and Salvatore Attardo
- Logical mechanisms: A critique
- Humor with backgrounded incongruity: Does more required suspension of disbelief affect humor perception?
- Wordplay in church marquees
- Parsing the joke: The General Theory of Verbal Humor and appropriate incongruity
- On Oring on GTVH
- Timing in the performance of jokes
- Diana Popa and Salvatore Attardo: New Approaches to the Linguistic of Humour
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Preface: The General Theory of Verbal Humor, twenty years after
- Resolutions and their incongruities: Further thoughts on Logical Mechanisms
- Still further thoughts on Logical Mechanisms: A response to Christian F. Hempelmann and Salvatore Attardo
- Logical mechanisms: A critique
- Humor with backgrounded incongruity: Does more required suspension of disbelief affect humor perception?
- Wordplay in church marquees
- Parsing the joke: The General Theory of Verbal Humor and appropriate incongruity
- On Oring on GTVH
- Timing in the performance of jokes
- Diana Popa and Salvatore Attardo: New Approaches to the Linguistic of Humour
