Leksička igra u humorističkim serijama
Lexical Pun In Sitcoms

Summary/Abstract: Contemporary linguistics has tended to side with the incongruity theory of humor, according to which humor follows from the perception of incongruity between the expectations and the actuality. Of all forms of humor, puns seem to be the closest to such perception of humor, since they are highly language-dependant forms, centering around two semantically incompatible meanings. This paper attempts to describe lexical puns in the specific context of sitcom discourse. Following Simpson (2003), we interpret lexical puns as one of several types of wordplay based on ambiguity. These are classified according to the nature of their linguistic triggers. The main method is descriptive-analytical.

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