APPROACHES TO COMIC LANGUAGE IN WORKPLACE DISCOURSE IN ESP CLASSES
APPROACHES TO COMIC LANGUAGE IN WORKPLACE DISCOURSE IN ESP CLASSES
Author(s): Elena Clementina Niță, Mădălina-Steliana DeaconuSubject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, School education, Pedagogy
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Piteşti
Keywords: ESP; ambiguity; workplace discourse; pun; polysemy;
Summary/Abstract: The article presents a few aspects related to comic language. In communication, comic language may be utilised for multiple purposes. Moreover, it may have interpersonal functions. In workplace situations, especially in spontaneous speech, not only intentional humour may appear, but also unintentional humour can be created. Humour uses similarity of linguistic forms (polysemy, homonymy) leading to ambiguity in the words or structures of language. Therefore, the double meaning utterances may reveal an alternative interpretation, characteristic to comic language.
Journal: LIMBA ȘI LITERATURA – REPERE IDENTITARE ÎN CONTEXT EUROPEAN
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 30
- Page Range: 220-224
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English