Virtual Language Creativity in the Service of Humour on the Internet Cover Image

Виртуалното езикотворчество в служба на хумора в интернет
Virtual Language Creativity in the Service of Humour on the Internet

Author(s): Elena Mesnyankina
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Semantics
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: internet; language pun; linguo-creativity; word-making; humor

Summary/Abstract: The article addresses humorous texts in informal internet as a result of the linguo-creative thinking of the network person. The article examines samples of language play in such digital hybrid genres as memes and its varieties. The article describes the author’s techniques, actively used within the framework of virtual word-making and analyses some of the linguistic and supra-lingual features, which have a serious impact on the quality of comic utterance, which is examined from the point of view of various theories of humor as well

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 45
  • Page Range: 136-150
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Bulgarian
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