What's funny? A definition of humor and humor theories by Irina Wamsler

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By Irina Wamsler

Akademische Arbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Amerikanistik - Linguistik, word: 2,1, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Sprache: Deutsch, summary: Laughter is a reply to a particular stimulus. this suggests that a few stipulations need to be fulfilled with a purpose to say anything is humorous, like for example an not like state of affairs, an absurd remark, or an ironical state of affairs. pertaining to Raskin, humor signifies that an individual “finds the audial or visible stimulus humorous” (1985: 1). Ross says that humor is “something that makes anyone snigger or smile” (1998: 1).
For shaggy dog story tellers or manufacturers of sitcoms, laughter is the specified reaction to a undeniable scenario or dialog. occasionally, even though, different reactions happen as well.
The wide scope of humor examine makes it very unlikely to attract cognizance to all present matters. yet a little research and knowledge that is on the topic of the theories of humor are brought within the following passages.

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