Humor has been studied from different disciplinary viewpoints including philosophy,
psychology, sociology, literature, rhetoric, linguistic and others by many scholars and …

Researchers and practitioners are searching for alternative ways to communicate climate
change and other environmental problems beyond the dominant approach of shock and …

Like most human non-verbal vocalizations, laughter is produced by speakers of all
languages, across all known societies. But despite this obvious fact (or perhaps because of …

This book presents the methodology, findings and implications of a large-scale corpus-
based study of the metaphors used to talk about cancer and the end of life (including care at …

Stories are shared by millions of people online every day. They post and re-post interactions
as they re-tell and respond to large-scale mediated events. These stories are important as …

This essay considers the prevalent but underresearched phenomenon of humorous Internet
memes by focusing on Advice Animal image macros, conceptualized as an internally …

Humor in the Classroom provides practical, research-based answers to questions that
educational researchers and language teachers might have about the social and cognitive …

We often see an upsurge of humor inspired by tragic circumstances: this happened also
during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak. However, little is known about …

This study aims to reveal the existence of the sense of sarcastic humour that is hidden in
some visual data in the form of semiotic and verbal data in the form of transcriptions that …

In the context of cancer, humour and joking can still be seen as socially unacceptable. Yet
people with cancer can find relief in making light of their often life-threatening situations …