In this chapter, a corpus of 100 instances of a specific type of meme, image macro (the one
typically made up of one top and one bottom stretch of text and a picture in-between), is …

Abstract In previous research (,), a classification of jokes was proposed depending on how
the humorous incongruity-resolution strategy was achieved. Twelve cases were isolated …

The incongruity-resolution model is one of the most popular theories that propose an
explanation for the strategies underlying humorous texts. In this paper, a taxonomy of …

In this paper the discourse of a specific type of meme in Spanish, the image macro, is
analysed, together with several ways in which memes generate humorous effects. Two main …

Relevance theory (RT) is a cognitive pragmatics theory of communication by Sperber &
Wilson that aims to identify" underlying mechanisms, rooted in human psychology, which …

This introductory chapter offers a brief discussion of the rationale behind this book, which
has been conceived to investigate how humour translation has evolved over the last two …

In this chapter, the term (non-) intended non-propositional effect is proposed and applied to
the kind of feeling, emotion, impression, etc. that internet humorous texts generate in the …

Stemming from real or seeming incompetence, the pragmatic failures L2 learners and LF
speakers often commit may lead to stereotyping and negative labelling as a consequence of …

PDF generated by "Newgen_sugumar" Page 1 Pragmatic Variation in Service Encounter
Interactions across the Spanish-Speaking World Pragmatic Variation in Service Encounter …

L2 learners may make interpretive mistakes at both the explicit and the implicit levels of
communication. They may not construct the right lower-or higher-level explicatures, turn …