The predictable semiotic essence of humor
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Christian Hempelmann
Christian F. Hempelmann is Associate Professor of Computational Linguistics in the Department of Literature & Languages and Director of the Ontological Semantic Technology Lab at Texas A&M University–Commerce. His research focuses on computational semantics and the semantics and general linguistics of humor. He has published widely in these fields, not least in HUMOR, where he is also a member of the editorial board. He can be contacted at kiki@tamuc.edu.
Abstract
This short paper responds to Oring’s renewed and detailed criticism of the General Theory of Verbal Humor (2019). While conceding the need for some clarifications and elaborations in multidisciplinary collaboration, it mainly points to misunderstandings and misdirections of that criticism.
About the author
Christian F. Hempelmann is Associate Professor of Computational Linguistics in the Department of Literature & Languages and Director of the Ontological Semantic Technology Lab at Texas A&M University–Commerce. His research focuses on computational semantics and the semantics and general linguistics of humor. He has published widely in these fields, not least in HUMOR, where he is also a member of the editorial board. He can be contacted at kiki@tamuc.edu.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Oppositions, overlaps, and ontologies – a response to Elliott Oring
- The predictable semiotic essence of humor
- Formalizing humor: A response to Christian Hempelmann and Julia Taylor Rayz
- How to be sarcastic in Greek: Typical means of signaling sarcasm in the New Testament and Lucian
- “Hercules the grocer?”: low-key humor in The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
- Satire: An explication
- Research note: negative news and late-night comedy about presidential candidates
- Moral judgment of disparagement humor
- On the dimensionality of humorous conduct and associations with humor traits and behaviors
- Book Review
- Salvatore Attardo (ed.): The Routledge Handbook of Language and Humor
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Oppositions, overlaps, and ontologies – a response to Elliott Oring
- The predictable semiotic essence of humor
- Formalizing humor: A response to Christian Hempelmann and Julia Taylor Rayz
- How to be sarcastic in Greek: Typical means of signaling sarcasm in the New Testament and Lucian
- “Hercules the grocer?”: low-key humor in The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
- Satire: An explication
- Research note: negative news and late-night comedy about presidential candidates
- Moral judgment of disparagement humor
- On the dimensionality of humorous conduct and associations with humor traits and behaviors
- Book Review
- Salvatore Attardo (ed.): The Routledge Handbook of Language and Humor
